Re: [BaadAssGremlins] 258 question

Terry,

I have a short somewhere. The oil light is never on full bright, but flickers or stays on about half bright.

I dread taking the dashboard display out, but that's where this is headed. I like the idea of a light and a gauge. Once I get this figured out, I'll install a t-fitting at the motor and run the gauge and the sending unit for the light. You are right, the wife will never look at the gauge. The damn motor will burn up and even then she'd wonder why. My sister-in-law burned up my brothers Dodge Intrepid driving it home with the oil light on. She figured it would be OK to drive home becasue it was only 4 miles!! Seized it up good, she did!

In a message dated 4/29/2007 8:06:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, twa1950@xxxxxxxxx writes:

If that light was on and you really had an oil pressure problem you would have known it in a hurry. Sounds like it is OK to me. I would think it would go up to 20 to 25 when you are driving it. Even if it didn't I wouldn't get to excited about it. Sounds to me like somewhere on the wire it has bare spot and is touching metal and causing a ground. Might be just as easy to hook a gauge and forget the light. Of course if she is like my wife she would never look at gauge she thought that they were just decorations on my Cougar. I will say Ford did have one good idea if something is wrong it has a red light that comes on and tells you to look at your gauges.

Terry