I just bought this 1997 chevy s10 4cyl 2.2L. It was leaking oil so I had Pepboys replace seals and the leaking stopped. However the oil pressure gauge was still low. I bought a new switch from Advance Auto and change it out. First the gause read past the 80 mark, so i drained damn near all the oil out. It then read at the red mark by 0, I added some oil and not the gauge keeps fluctuating between 0 and past 80. Did anyone else have this problem or have any Idea how to fix it?
Oil Pressure Problem
Mojuice98
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I just bought this 1997 chevy s10 4cyl 2.2L. It was leaking oil so I had Pepboys replace seals and the leaking stopped. However the oil pressure gauge was still low. I bought a new switch from Advance Auto and change it out. First the gause read past the 80 mark, so i drained damn near all the oil out. It then read at the red mark by 0, I added some oil and not the gauge keeps fluctuating between 0 and past 80. Did anyone else have this problem or have any Idea how to fix it?
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check the insterment cluster and the wires to the sensor but it could also be a bad pcm too anything electical test
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yea sounds like a bad connection somewhere
Hey Mojuice,
I had the same problem with my 96 s10 recently. Mine would start out fine, but after the truck warmed up, it would drop to zero. If I rev the engine it will go back up a little. My check guages light also came on frequently. I changed the oil pressure sensor unit, and that didn't help. U can hook up a oil pressure guage directly where the sending unit is to see if you actually have oil pressure. It ends up I have good oil pressure, the guage is just messed up. I guess if I replace the wires to the guage, it will start working again. I just havn't done it yet. I would start by checking to see if you actually have oil pressure before you start replacing sending units and oil pumps.I hope this helps!
I had the same problem with my 96 s10 recently. Mine would start out fine, but after the truck warmed up, it would drop to zero. If I rev the engine it will go back up a little. My check guages light also came on frequently. I changed the oil pressure sensor unit, and that didn't help. U can hook up a oil pressure guage directly where the sending unit is to see if you actually have oil pressure. It ends up I have good oil pressure, the guage is just messed up. I guess if I replace the wires to the guage, it will start working again. I just havn't done it yet. I would start by checking to see if you actually have oil pressure before you start replacing sending units and oil pumps.I hope this helps!
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