Yeah, replace the gauge. Or install a 2nd gauge. A mechanical style with no electrical sending unit.
what kind of car is this? -Michael -----Original Message----- >From: "J.B. Hebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Jun 27, 2006 12:18 PM >To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >Subject: [MBZ] Sudden loss of oil pressure > >On my way into work today my low oil light came on. Oil pressure was >fine, so I continued on another minute or 2 and the light went >out. A few miles later I noticed that my oil pressure had started to >fall. When it dipped below .5 bar, I shut off the motor and coasted >to the side of the road. The low oil light had not come back on >again. I popped the hood and checked for leaks or any indication of >a problem. I found no leaks, and the oil level was between min and >max on the dipstick. I restarted the car and the oil pressure went >to about 1.2 bar, but would not go higher as RPMs increased. After >10 seconds or so of running it started to drop again so I shut the >motor off again. The vehicle has shown no signs of a failing oil >pump or any other issues. It normally idles around 1.8 to 2 bar and >pegs the needle quickly. There are no odd sounds, smells, or >sights. Now, I changed the oil filter last night (Mann filter, just >like always), which is the only thing I've done to the car >recently. I have no idea if it's coincidence or not, but I plan on >pulling the filter tonight to see if I can see anything wrong. Even >if the filter was faulty and stopped oil flow, there is a filter >bypass so I should not have seen the symptoms I'm seeing. It appears >that the oil is not flowing back down to the sump quickly enough and >the pump is sucking air. I'm having the vehicle towed home for >further diagnosis, but welcome any suggestions. > >Thanks, > > >J.B. Hebert > >---------------------------------------------- >Current Vehicles: > >'76 Ford Bronco >'78 Volvo 262C Bertone V8 >'80 Alpina B7 Turbo Coupe >'82 Mercedes 300CD (Deceased) >'93 GMC Sierra 2500 >'95 Mercedes E300D > > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.5/376 - Release Date: 6/26/2006 > > > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com >For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the truimph of high achievement, and who at the worse, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat" --President Theodore Roosevelt (1910 Paris, France)
