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noclss2000
May 7th, 2003, 04:27 PM
I received a few gauges from my g/f for my b-day, one of them being a nordskog digital oil pressure gauge. I also received the necessary oil sending unit for it to be hooked up. Monday I started on getting the gauge in. I put the oil sending unit in and ran the wires to it the way the directions call for. I didn't get any power to the gauge when I turned the key. The sending unit has two posts so I switched the wires and still nothing. I started playing with wires and what not and got power to the gauge for a split second and then nothing. I gave up and left it dead.

Today I started thinking of different ways to hook up the gauge. I ran the ground wire to the bolt where the battery grounds at instead of at the sending unit. That gave me power. The gauge however still read 0 psi. I then started playing with the sending unit. I played with the signal wire and couldn't get nothing, so I took it out and put the stock one back in. I also hooked the wire for the stock oil gauge to it and then saw a open metal spot on the oil sending unit :! I took the nordskog signal wire and connected it to the bare metal spot and then I started getting a reading. And not just a reading of jumbled numbers, it's pretty damn accurate. It's at about 29-30 psi at idle and 53 psi at 2k rpm's. I revved it up high and it doesn't go past 63psi.

Now comes the weird part.
I take off the wire for the stock oil gauge and then the nordskog gauge gets high numbers like it's running at 80 psi at idle. When I have both connected it's fine but the factory one shows really low. When just the factory one is hooked up it shows normal.
With the nordskog sending unit I get nothing all the way around. So I could have saved my g/f the money of buying a nordskog oil pressure sending unit and just used the stock one and had both gauges :shrug:

mark
May 7th, 2003, 06:05 PM
you can't hook up two gauges on one sending unit , and the stock sending unit is not calibrated for your aftermarket gauge

noclss2000
May 7th, 2003, 07:18 PM
Originally posted by mark
you can't hook up two gauges on one sending unit , and the stock sending unit is not calibrated for your aftermarket gauge
that's the only way the gauge works is with both gauges hooked up on the factory one. I didn't try the factory gauge on the aftermarket sending unit. It's accurate so I'm not gonna argue with it or ask why, just gonna nod my head and agree.

FWP!
May 7th, 2003, 08:07 PM
28psi at idle is really high. SHould be around 15 at idle, around 50 or 60 above 3k rpm.

noclss2000
May 7th, 2003, 08:40 PM
Originally posted by 93PGT
28psi at idle is really high. SHould be around 15 at idle, around 50 or 60 above 3k rpm.
no dude. 28 is exactly what the haynes calls for:

Oil pressure (engine hot)
at 1000 rpm.......... 28psi
at 3000 rpm.......... 49-71psi

StreetThisMX6
May 7th, 2003, 08:44 PM
Maybe your sending unit is bad. I wasn't happy with my gauge that I bought from them. It wasn't accurate at all. I took it back and got a autometer one. I would send it back and get a new one.

Oil pressure will also very depending on what oil you use. My oil pressure is a lot higher with 10w - 30 over 5w - 30. Those numbers you are getting Dan are fine. And like Mark said, the stock sending unit is not calibrated for your aftermarket gauge.

Beside that I don't know what to tell you. Get a new one and I'll help you hook it up.

noclss2000
May 7th, 2003, 08:50 PM
Originally posted by StreetThisMX6
Maybe your sending unit is bad. I wasn't happy with my gauge that I bought from them. It wasn't accurate at all. I took it back and got a autometer one. I would send it back and get a new one.

Oil pressure will also very depending on what oil you use. My oil pressure is a lot higher with 10w - 30 over 5w - 30. Those numbers you are getting Dan are fine. And like Mark said, the stock sending unit is not calibrated for your aftermarket gauge.

Beside that I don't know what to tell you. Get a new one and I'll help you hook it up.
I think it is bad too. I never did get a reading out of it. I should of atleast got power to the gauge with my ground being wired to it so I guess that's the first sign it's bad. :shrug: