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Re: Too much Oil preasure?

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Subject: Re: Too much Oil preasure?
From: Norman Fair <NormFair@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 12:55:12 +0000
>On Wed, 31 Jul 1996, Robert Rhodes wrote:
>
>>      Initialy, it showed 100 PSI or so and I thought it would fall and 
>> the parts became broken in.  However, after 300 miles it still shows 100 
>> PSI, sometimes going off the top of the scale!  Even when quite hot the 
>> guage only falls to 75 pounds at idle and even then is jumping up to 100.
>> 
>>      So, how do I test my guage and is this much preasure a problem?
>
        You can get a generic oil pressure gauge at almost any car parts
dealer.  I had one that screwed right in where the original oil pressure
send connected on the passenger side of the block.  It may be the sender or
the gauge that is messed up.


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