Crazy oil gauge needle
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Crazy oil gauge needle
Hello again America, hoping that all is well with everyone....my 02 ranger's oil gauge needle is going crazy....even when I am driving sometimes. Is that an indication of a bad oil pump? I mean the needle is beating the red zone in the gauge so hard that i can actually hear it tap tap tapping....has anyone else had this problem and what do i do?
Thanx guys and girls..............
Thanx guys and girls..............
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Replace the pressure sensor 1st, it's the cheapest and easiest. There's plenty of threads on it in here. If it's still happening, replace the cam syncro. Again, there's plenty of threads on it in here and also there's a great How-To as well in the Tech Section.
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It's actually not as easy as you may think. It was a real PITA having to lean over the engine to even be able to see it. If someone does headgaskets on a 3.0, they ought to replace this aswell. Some much easier with everything off the block.
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I have a similar problem. My dummy gauge sits at a neutral position when the key is turned off. However, when I turn the key on, the needle dives downward and sits there. I changed the sender switch and the problem persists. Am I probably looking at a short somewhere or is the gauge bad? Pondering swapping the sender switch for a mechanical gauge, but it's so hard to get at that I'd be happy with the idiot gauge working! Of course, if my gauge is going/gone bad and I have to get a gauge anyway, I'll get a real one and just replace the sender....again.
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