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I just had my car out for a longer than normal cruise tonight and I noticed when I was idle for a few minutes at the grocery store that my oil pressure gauss was roaming around the L on the normal. This is the stock gauge and only at idle...any throttle movement and it would shoot back up.

Car has a built motor with less than 25k miles on it but is only had the car for a few months and this is the first I've noticed it.

Doesn't make any tap and still sounds very healthy.
 

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The factory gauge/sender is not always accurate . Best way to verify actual oil pressure is to install a mechanical oil gauge,even if only temporarily -
 
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More than likely it's just the sender. It's cheap and easy to replace. If you still have the problem after replacing it the mechanical gauge would be the next step.
 
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Dan02gt said:
More than likely it's just the sender. It's cheap and easy to replace. If you still have the problem after replacing it the mechanical gauge would be the next step.
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That's what I figured....does the sender just twist off? I can see it's pretty accessible from the top
 

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That's what I figured....does the sender just twist off? I can see it's pretty accessible from the top
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You'll probably have to get a wrench on the bottom part of the sensor. The large top part of mine just spun when I tried to remove it by turning it by hand.
 
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Just replace sender mine was the doing same thing. But drove to Ford bought new one replaced in and problem solved.
 
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