About 3 months ago I installed an Autometer mechanical oil pressure gauge.
The feed line comes from the extra port near the factory oil switch and the
gauge is mounted on the A-pillar. Everything was working fine, then one day
while cruising down the highway, I notice that the gauge was reading about
10psi lower than normal. I tap the gauge and it jumps up to about where it
should, I toss it off as just a little sticky. Problem is, that it's still doing it and
tapping the guage now, does nothing. At idle the reading is right on and
when cold it does read above the cruise pressure. I also have an Accusump
with a pressure gauge on the air side. The two gauges used to follow each
other closely but now the oil one lags behind. Is it possible that the gauge
is only sticky within a certain range, 60-70psi??? Or is there something else
going on??? Is it possible that my Canton Mecca
filter is getting clogged at only 6800mi??
KG
The feed line comes from the extra port near the factory oil switch and the
gauge is mounted on the A-pillar. Everything was working fine, then one day
while cruising down the highway, I notice that the gauge was reading about
10psi lower than normal. I tap the gauge and it jumps up to about where it
should, I toss it off as just a little sticky. Problem is, that it's still doing it and
tapping the guage now, does nothing. At idle the reading is right on and
when cold it does read above the cruise pressure. I also have an Accusump
with a pressure gauge on the air side. The two gauges used to follow each
other closely but now the oil one lags behind. Is it possible that the gauge
is only sticky within a certain range, 60-70psi??? Or is there something else
going on??? Is it possible that my Canton Mecca
filter is getting clogged at only 6800mi??
KG