Oil pressure gauge.

[Italianwagon]

Ok seen allot of posts about oil pressure gauges. Here’s mine lol.
Worked on the cluster and then gauge would not work after reassembly. Turned truck on and tried to see if the circuit board wasn’t making contact... and now it’s stuck dead center on 30.

did I short it or the circuit board??

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[Italianwagon]

Any body got ideas on n this? Gonna dig into the cluster and try to fix it?

 

[Joshua Keith]

Any body got ideas on n this? Gonna dig into the cluster and try to fix it?

Sometimes I have to slap the dash and it fixes it mine. Lol Being stuck in the middle is a strange one

 

[AuroraGirl]

i am not sure what would cause it to stick but mine moves freely and the volt meter is snappy as hell. strange. maybe make sure the needle doesnt contact the plastic holding it? needle pushed on all way?

 

[Italianwagon]

Yea strange one for me. I’ll slap the dash first. (Always try the easiest first lol)

 

[AuroraGirl]

Always have an easy way out you can send it to me and Ill see if it works if it doesnt you can have mine which looks the same but is dirty and faded needle
I would rather inspect your coolant gauge since mine doesnt have number i mean it may do it anytime now its only moments away!

 

[JeffK10America]

I just put a Tee in mine. Rite off the block , that way I’ve got a manual copper fed line to a gauge , plus my factory oil sender gauge still works! If it fails I’ve got my manual gauge , it will never fail!

 

[bucket]

Unplug the sender with the ignition on, see if it pegs to full pressure. Then ground the sender wire and see if the gauge reads zero. If the gauge doesn't move, you'll probably have to pull it for inspection. But be sure to smack the top of the dash before going to that kind of trouble, lol.

 

[Italianwagon]

If I pull the gauge for inspection how do I now if it’s bad?

 

[Ellie Niner]

If I pull the gauge for inspection how do I now if it’s bad?

The easiest way to test it is with the instrument cluster opened up (but still connected), make sure the three posts on the gauge are making contact, then grounding and open circuiting the wire at the sending unit. Sending units are the most likely failure point.

I've only smacked an instrument cluster once. It killed three bulbs and didn't fix the problem. #fʊckthat

 

[AuroraGirl]

The easiest way to test it is with the instrument cluster opened up (but still connected), make sure the three posts on the gauge are making contact, then grounding and open circuiting the wire at the sending unit. Sending units are the most likely failure point.

I've only smacked an instrument cluster once. It killed three bulbs and didn't fix the problem. #fʊckthat

Oof Imagnie if that happened to a cluster with soldered bulbs too.

Also that reminds me, someone gave me a 2004 grand prix cluster that works but has a hole int he plastic cover where the guy punched it...

He said he replaced the thing because the gauges werent working and i told him it was likely the CANbus communication error with your IPC not the gauges and he said yeah I figured it wasnt them after I replaced it.

I just didnt say anything. I have a cluster of unknwon value but a punched face. Matches my 98 park avenue cluster which has a punched face for different reason(fell). I doubt i can buy just the cover.. but it would be all it needs to have two good clusters lol

 

[Ellie Niner]

Oof Imagnie if that happened to a cluster with soldered bulbs too.

Also that reminds me, someone gave me a 2004 grand prix cluster that works but has a hole int he plastic cover where the guy punched it...

He said he replaced the thing because the gauges werent working and i told him it was likely the CANbus communication error with your IPC not the gauges and he said yeah I figured it wasnt them after I replaced it.

I just didnt say anything. I have a cluster of unknwon value but a punched face. Matches my 98 park avenue cluster which has a punched face for different reason(fell). I doubt i can buy just the cover.. but it would be all it needs to have two good clusters lol

I got lucky... It was an older vehicle that used PC168 bulbs... far enough back where they didn't even solder the bulbs in the holder (like our trucks).

My Lumina, on the other hand, has a dark heater control panel and 2/3 dark radio; I just haven't felt like breaking out the soldering iron to replace bulbs. It's only had a of couple easily replaceable bulbs burn out (of course).

 

[AuroraGirl]

I got lucky... It was an older vehicle that used PC168 bulbs... far enough back where they didn't even solder the bulbs in the holder (like our trucks).

My Lumina, on the other hand, has a dark heater control panel and 2/3 dark radio; I just haven't felt like breaking out the soldering iron to replace bulbs. It's only had a of couple easily replaceable bulbs burn out (of course).

I hate gm for doing that. If they were gonna do the solder bulb thing they really should have used LEDs even tho it would have been costly then.. just there is so much dead spots on so many parts of so much of my cars stuff that it would be insane to chase that with bulbs and a solder iron