Oil Pressure

[Jackpine]

I suspect it's because we don't have a true oil pressure sender (sensor) in the engine. We just have an off/on kind of thing that shows a slightly above middle reading on the dash gauge if there is ANY pressure and shows zero if there isn't.

I've heard that Ford went this way because drivers were worried when they saw their pressures dropping at idle and then high at high rpm? Who knows? I'd certainly like a REAL oil pressure gauge.

At least some of us have an oil temperature sender. That reading varies all over the place according to load, but if it didn't, you'd know the oil wasn't getting through.

Seems to me drivers should have to pass a "knowledge test" of the vehicle's internals before getting a license. Air Force pilots certainly have to pass one of these - and, it's not because you can do any real maintenance while flying. But, you don't over or under-react to malfunction indications this way.

- Jack