just started car for first time...

[00Blackgtvert]

i just decided to start my car for the first time in about a month. It fired up fine but when i looked at the guages the oil gauge was dropping to nothing and then to the middle and then back down to nothing and i got me worried. Any ideas?

 

[Mike97gt]

most likely the sender went bad. this is a common problem. but just to be safe listen closely to the motor if you here it rattling shut it off.

 

[00Blackgtvert]

the gauge in the bottom right corner of the cluster and if it rattles

 

[Mike97gt]

the gauge itself is rattling? do you have white gauge faces installed

 

[00Blackgtvert]

no, i have the factory gauges, you said if i hear a rattle shut it off what would the rattle mean

 

[Mike97gt]

sorry i meant if you hear a rattle from the engine. not the guage itself

if the cluster is rattling i still would put in a new oil pressure sender first then if that dont fix it you will need a cluster. the cluster installed and programmed will run you 500 or so. thats why i would try and do the very common to break sending unit first

 

[00Blackgtvert]

started it again and it seems fine now, i almost gave myself a heart attack , maybe just needed to warm up

 

[Mike97gt]

thats possible. i would not worry about it to much. the sending units go on a lot of fords including the mustang. it's very common. so don't worry your motor is fine.

at somepoint i am going to install a aftermarket oil presure gauge ( the stocker is usless) i recomened you do the same

 

[00Blackgtvert]

yeah just another thing on my list of many many mods

 

[Mindstatic Pro]

at somepoint i am going to install a aftermarket oil presure gauge ( the stocker is usless) i recomened you do the same

Tell me about it. My gauge was reading the pressure just fine, right up until my engine siezed due to oil starvation....

 

[Mike97gt]

Tell me about it. My gauge was reading the pressure just fine, right up until my engine siezed due to oil starvation....

ahhh another happy fake guage victim. i wonder how many have had this happen. i never had this happen to me with a fake gauge. but when i had my turbo regal i had no oil presure gauge and i spun a bearing on that car. if i had a presure guage i might have seen the pressure droping and saved the motor.