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Oil Pressure Gauge

zeisshensoldt

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Odd. After installing the gauge, i refilled the rad and let it idle a good bit while squeezing the top hose to burp the system. The rad was full at the time of install, could it still be low?
 

zeisshensoldt

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Just checked the water levels, rad was full, overflow was about halfway between empty and the "cold fill" mark. I then overfilled the overflow tank a little bit, ran the truck, still no gauge response and upper hose still had no pressure.
 

zeisshensoldt

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Yeah, i dont know whats up with this gauge. It's my second mechanical bosch gauge from advanced auto and both have supposedly died within an hour. I wonder if the copper wire having contact with sharp rusty metal has anything to do with it? :hammer:
 

cucvrus

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Copper wire? I thought mechanical gauge was when oil actually ran to the back of the gauge? I have my gauge hooked up to the left rear engine oil sending unit port and my oil capillary is only about 2 ft long from the engine to the back of the gauge. Are we on the same page?
 

zeisshensoldt

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I was told that an improperly grounded engine could damage a mechanical temp gauge, is this possible? Also it failed the boiling water test.
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