andy21785

My oil pressure gauge doesn't budge on start up. Everything seems fine and in working order but my oil pressure needle doesn't move at all. Would it be a loose wire somewhere or maybe there is something wrong with my car? Any input would be great. Thanks

clokker

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Probably the wire is not connected to the sending unit.

andy21785

i hope that's the case...know where the wire is? i'd love to fix it right away

clokker

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Probably hanging quite near the sending unit which is just below the oil filter.

jjwalker

We just had a thread on this very same thing either yesterday or this morning.

andy21785

wow lol ok i'll look it up

andy21785

i think i found the thread you were talking about but that's water temp...i'm looking at oil pressure

jjwalker

Nah, it was about a guy almost wrecking his car into a chevy/gmc and spinning out. All the sudden he had no oil pressure.

clokker

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Well, to be pedantic- he had oil pressure, he just couldn't tell what it was.
There's a difference.

Black Knight RX7 FC3S

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as clokker said, its just under the oil filter. Its a dome shape with a spade connector on the very top of it.

You have no oil pressure whatso ever or is it only during startup.

andy21785

no oil pressure whatsoever, well car runs but the gauge just doesn't go up. could someone post a picture of the dome thing under the oil filter? i'm kinda clueless. thanks

clokker

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Compliments of LargeOrangeFont...

andy21785

wow thanks now i just gotta find the wire that connects to it.

Black Knight RX7 FC3S

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the wire is yellow/red
It comes from the instrument panel to the pressure sensor.

andy21785

ahhh thanks i'm going to search for it once i get rid of this cold >.<

Acesanugal

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Wow, what the hell Andy? Dude...go outside...pop your hood...lean in over the driver side of the motor and look underneath the oil filter. It's an ugly goldish mushroom sending unit with a small plastic clip on a yellow wire. If the clip is not connected, BAM! you have your problem. If it is still connected, you could have a bad sender. No bother because it takes all of thirty seconds to replace it.

Just go do it. Cold my ***. I've been on my back in an inch of water in near freezing temperatures while raining working on my car...

clokker

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There's this new invention called "shelter" that many people are just raving about...

Acesanugal

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Heh, I'm aware. But you see, I have parents who have a garage full of furniture and useless crap instead of empty space so it can be used for what it was designed to be... A workspace. You gotta do what you gotta do.

andy21785

haha thanks for the input i'm looking for it and right now i don't see it. maybe it'll pop up somewhere when i lift it to put the trans back in. stupid flywheel >.<