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Originally Posted by pawoSD
??  Soo......when I put it to ground it pegged, but when I released the ground it stayed pegged.....turned the key off....it went back to 0....turned key on, stayed at 0. Grounded it, pegged to 3.
Sooo....is something wrong with the gauge or the sender based on that? Shouldn't it have gone back to 0 when I removed the ground?  |
From your description of events its not possible (at least for me) to tell what's going on. What I would do, is disconnect the plug at the gauge, and put an Ohmmeter on the wires leading to the sensor. I would then measure the resistance If open circuit then you have either a defective sensor or an open in the wiring.
In that case the gauge would have pegged at "3" If you have a dead short, then either a defective sensor, or a short in the wiring. In that case the gauge would have stayed at "0". If that checks out ok, I would then start the engine and see if the resistance to the sensor fluctuates when you rev the engine. If it does, then that's normal and I would then assume that the problem is with the oil gauge.