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Title: high oil gauge reading??? Maybe a bad sending unit?
Post by: nofearblackstar on August 06, 2008, 01:03:28 PM

The other day i noticed an extreamly high oil reading . When i start the jeep i goes up till it tacks out very fast then drops to about 20-30 . Then when its warmed up it drives around at about 70 but when i put in the clutch and pull it out of gear it tacks out real fast then drops down to idleing range again

And when i say it tacks fast i mean fast . Almost like a messed up gauge or something ? I dont know anything about gauges or how the oil ones work so ....

Also its a 93 yj with a 4 cl , Changed the oil about 500 miles ago
Also it runns great i notice nothing changeing in the engine no matter what the gauge is doing


Thanks
Alex

Title: Re: high oil gauge reading??? Maybe a bad sending unit?
Post by: Jeffy on August 06, 2008, 06:45:00 PM

Change the oil pressure sender.  It's on the distributor side of the engine block, just in front of it.  Looks like a brass cylinder with one wire going to it.  When mine went out, it would peg with anything over idle.  ???

Title: Re: high oil gauge reading??? Maybe a bad sending unit?
Post by: nofearblackstar on August 06, 2008, 07:16:34 PM

Thats what i was kinda thinking just wasnt sure . ill go get one and see what it does