Re: Oil Pressure Going Lower

["Ken Stevenson" <kt_stevenson@domain.elided>]

Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:

>>
(I have it on good authority that this problem, coupled with the lack of
knowledge of most of their customers, has pushed Jaguar to a really
extreme solution: they use the same pressure sensor on the low pressure
warning light as they do on the gauge in late model sedans, and fit a
resistor in the circuit so the gauge will ALWAYS read the correct
pressure. That raised the customer satisfaction index: the gauge is now
exactly as useful as an idiot light but the customers don't complain when
it drops to 6psi at idle when hot...Sure looks nice to have an oil
pressure gauge on the dash, though. !) <<

A friend discovered this fact for himself on his Ford.  Ford is Jaguar's
parent company.  The fake oil gauge is probably common in other makes.  How
about a survey response of any oil gauges that have this turn on and off
feature?

Ken Stevenson
Dallas, TX

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