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Oil pressure warning light...or lights?

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Old Jun 14, 2007 | 06:30 AM
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The stock guage is basically an idiot light. It does not represent actual pressure at all.
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Old Jun 14, 2007 | 07:07 AM
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I have a mechanical guage in the cab and it shows ~20 psi hot idle. The highest I see is ~95 psi @ ~2000 rpm in the winter the first start of the day when first driving off. Interstate cruise, hot engine ~65 psi.

Before the mechanical guage I've had electrical oil pressure gauges and the senders never lasted more than a month or so. The mechanical gauge has been in the cab for about 1.5 years and uses -3AN stainless steel braided line tapped off the top of the oil filter head.
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Old Jun 14, 2007 | 10:45 AM
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it does not...it is a three step sensor...

A "real" gauge is going under the hood...warning lamp in the dash.
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