mazdaspeed7

Whoa. Dont jump the gun here. If the gauge is grounded straight through the chassis, and not through the condensor, the gauge will do that. The condensor for the oil pressure gauge is bolted onto the clutch slave.

ambassador_josh

aftermarket is more accurate anyhow. upgrade, perhaps?

Lionheart240

The condensor is a tiny little black box right? Has the hold to ground it n' all? Where do I ground it to?

mazdaspeed7

Yes, thats the condensor. Bolt it to anything grounded. It comes on one of the bolts holding the clutch slave on. There is a wire from the harness that grounds out through the condensor. You cant just ground that wire, or your oil pressure gauge will read maxed out as soon as you turn the key on.

ambassador_josh

yeah, that's how my gauge got destroyed

Lionheart240

Sounds like the problem. I'll try to fix it. Thanks

RevRex-7

ok. The golden wire is connected. but the oil level still doesnt go up.



There is a black wire that comes off an addapter that is loose there could that be anything?



Am I missing anything?



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mazdaspeed7

Is the adapter a little black box with a bolt flange? If so, thats the condenser I was referencing above.

GMON

Like mazdaspeed said. Just to clarify. Check to see that the sender is connected. Also, check to see that you have the little black box connected(that was on your slave). Only after you have both of those things done start looking elsewhere for problems.



Gregory

Lionheart240

Everything is hooked up properly on my car, wiring wise. I think maybe the unit is just bad.



For a split second today, when I turned the key to ON, it jumped up as usual, but when I was starting it it went back down a little bit. I dunno! There's not come kind of fuse for the oil-sending unit is there? o_O