no reading on oil pressure guage

[BAV1]

hi guys

hoping you can come to the rescue once again during a trip out at the weekend i noticed the oil pressure gauge was off the scale and now it off the bottom and doesnt move now i assuming (hoping) its a loose connection can anyone shed any light on this apart from no reading it runs fine

please help its doing my head in

also getting alot of rattling from the front end (drive train) would also appreciate any advice on this

thanks in advance guys

cheers jon

[stormforce]

when i lost oil pressure it blew the turbo.Mine was rattling like a tin of nails

[BUSHWHACKER]

Could be the pressure switch on the engine thats gone bad or wiring. It's on the driver's side of the engine (2.4) near the bellhousing with a single wire clipped onto it.

If you had no oil pressure the engine would be making lots of nasty noises and shortly after, seize up!

[BAV1]

cheers mate but pretty sure the turbo is fine pulls like a train pretty sure its a loose connection did jetwash under wheel arches wonder if this could have dislodged somthing


also pretty sure the rattle is cv or brake caliper but dont know how to diagnose which

[BAV1]

cheers bushwhacker dont suppose you have a pick driven loadssince it stopped working would have thought it would have siezed by now 100 odd mile later

[GRASSMAN]

Hi Bav1

If the gauge was over the top for a short while, that
may be a dead short in the wiring between the sender
and the gauge, the NO pressure, may now be a lost, or
broken connection on the same circuit. If you earth the
sender wire the gauge should go right off the scale, if
not it could be the gauge it's self.

Hope this helps.

Gman.

[BAV1]

thanks grassman thats my thinking to

i think i have found the cable goes to a little whats seems to be single spade connector does that sound right if so i assume i open this again and touch the spade to ground ?

going to get an oil/filter + fuel filter change done next week as well as getting the garage to look at the rattle and as the senders are only £5 going to get that replaced may also upgrade the wire

i do have a few bulbs gone in the dash cluster too sonds like a good excuse to replace them just need to find a writeup what bulbs and whereto get them

thanks again