jgilbs
Elite Explorer
- Joined
- October 29, 2002
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- City, State
- Naperville, IL(home)/Iowa City, IA(school)
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 92 Eddie Bauer
i have read in other threads that the oil pressure gauge in our explorers is, in fact, an idiot light, that it shouldnt change unless there is VERY low oil pressure, at which point, it would veer to the far left(as explained in the how to convert your dummy oil gauge into a real guage thread). in my experience, however, i have found that the gauge does indeed move and seems to indicate pressure. my gauge usually points straight down right between the R and M in NORMAL. however, the other day i was driving, i noticied it was at the beginning of the N, so i pulled over, checked my oil and low and behold, i was down a quart! So did the First gens(mine is a 92) have a real pressure gauge? or was my experience just a fluke (maybe a result of it being hot out, and as heat increases, so does resistance) so maybe it was just the wire leading to the gauge getting hot and not carrying as much current as it should? does anyone else have a first gen and noticed that the oil pressure light actually seems to work as its supposed to?
