dam I punch it out a little, next time I look at gages my oil gage is shaking and staying up at 80. what do I do now do I need to fix it and how do I fix it

 

well when you go WOT when the car is relativly cold..... it should jump to 60 or so if its at 80.... and holding at wot... then you probably have

A. too much oil
B. a busted sensor...



go check the oil level... if its fine, check under the car to see if the oilpan has received any trama... like dents and such...

then come back and report

 

checked oil level and it was near the bottom of operating level, oil pan looked like there was maybe a little oil on one side

 

if it was a LITTLE oil... thats fine... as long as it doesn't leak enough to make it to the ground EVER....

your oil should be as high up on the operating level as possible...
fyi...


but my guess is that you have a broken sensor...

 

Check the conector to the transmitter, I had the same problem when i didnt plug it in correct after my camchange.

 

where is the transmitter?

 

I imagine she means the oil pressure sending unit. After all, it does transmit doesn't it?

That wouldn't be it though because you'd probably have 0 psi or the car wouldn't start.

 

oil pressure sending unit, Thats the one i mean
(all sending units temp, pressure, flow...... are named TT PT FT. T for transmitter where i work so sorry if i wasnt clear on that)

and about the gauge it ended up pointing at max before i find out about the conector and the car run fine

 

and usually oil LEVEL will not affect oil PRESSURE, unless of course you have no oil in the pan at all and then obviously the pressure would be 0.
Before I close that thought, overfilling the crankcase can cause problems, which will show up as fluctuating oil pressure. too much oil in the pan gets whipped around by the crank throws and turns the oil into a foam. this causes the oil pressure to drop intermittently as your pump is suddenly sucking foam instead of oil.
Your problem sounds like a bad connection to the sender switch.

 

ok
where is the oil pressure sending unit?

 

where is the oil pressure sending unit? and do i have to take off dashboard

 

Sensor/Sending unit

Either it has died, the connector came off or the wire is broken. When the connection is open, the gauge will read full high.

 

Where is the oil pressure sending unit? So I can replace it. I looked in a book and it did not say!

 

I gave you a picture in the post above.

 

shoebox that site is so cool!!
thanks