Oil Gauge Pegged At Idle But Functions Normally Revved Up

[ajohnson928]

I took the old girl out to get a yard stuff since it was a nice day.

 

At a light on the way home I noticed that the oil gauge was pegged over 80.  But when I took off again it started working fine again.  This continued all the way home.  It was getting dark so I did zero inspection or checking but I wanted to see what you all thought.

 

I'll post an answer to the issue once I get it figured out for sure.

[eloysmanuel]

Could be the oil sender is going dead

[92tanMJ]

That's how mine was its your oil pressure sender...its by the oil filter. I don't think mine is in this exact location but its close enough for you to get the idea of its location/ look

 

[ajohnson928]

Thanks.  I just replaced the thing last year but I suppose it could be defective.  I'll look into it one night this week.

[Blue XJ]

I think I went through 4 or 5 senders in a couple years for the same problem.  I finally gave up and have a non working gauge now.

[ajohnson928]

Update:

 

It never did it again.  It must have been a gremlin.  

[cruiser54]

Update:

 

It never did it again.  It must have been a gremlin.  

Unplug it. Spray out the connector with BrakeKleen, and put a little squeeze on the female connector. Plug it back in.