Oil and Gas gauges

Asked by MYKIA2 Apr 30, 2019 at 10:00 AM about the 1994 Ford F-150 XL 4WD Extended Cab LB

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Replaced oil pressure sender switch, blew some oil out of the port. Started it up
and a brief jump in oil pressure gauge before returning to below zero. Also
checked the gas gauge and dial went past full and it only has 5 gallons. I'm
thinking my problem is in the system but don't know where to look. Any
suggestions would be greatly appreciated.Brian

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The wiring for your oil pressure switch, is it one wire? Key on, is there voltage on that wire, there should be. If not, problem with wiring circuit or gage/instrument cluster. Youi can take wire loose from sending unit, key on, ground the wire to engine metal, the gage should go to moving. I don't like to peg out an analog gage. You could use an analog gage in place of the sending unit, to double check oil pressure. In the old days they used to say 10 psi minimum for every 1k rpms. I don't have your exact oil pressure spec? As far as your fuel gage, you could use resistors between the proper wires, key on, at the sending unit. One resistor represents a full tank, the other resistor represents empty tank. If the gage reacts properly, the problem is the sending unit in gas tank. If it doesn't act properly, may be a problem with wiring circuit or gage/instrument cluster.

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