OIL PRESSURE GAUGE

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tim leech
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OIL PRESSURE GAUGE

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Mine doesnt work but the warning light does, so I would think that means its the gauge thats busted?
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mine has random fits of movement! loL! works for the oil level and occasionally works for the pressure but only randoml;y points at places ont he gauge then gives up!
be handy to get it properly fixed one day loL!
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mine was intermittent, but changed the sensor for another one and it works now. apart from the fact that with lights / fan on it reads 2 or 3 bars higher! love the citroen wiring...
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Post by Jezziebx16v »

RobC wrote: apart from the fact that with lights / fan on it reads 2 or 3 bars higher!
All of my mine have done that, standard feature on the Bx i think :lol:


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Post by Anonymous »

Hi Tim,
Does the gauge move at all i.e. when it is supposed to do the level check business?
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No tony it does nowt mate!
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Oh Ok, must be a duff gauge as you suspected.
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Post by Mike E (uk) »

Cleaning the connections to the senders can help.

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Will do!
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