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Old Mar 1, 2013 | 02:31 AM
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I'm confused by the oil pressure guage in my 1997. Instead of the norm it reads 0, 275, and 760. What's up with this?
 
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Old Mar 1, 2013 | 03:58 AM
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Wow, that's weird, what spot is your gauge located?
That sounds like a coolant temp gauge.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2013 | 04:27 AM
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Top left, temp is bottom right.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2013 | 08:52 AM
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that is strange mine reads 0-40-60. those numbers are even to high for water temp. does it work as your oil pressure? i realize there is no way to judge oil pressure with a guage like that but is it hooked up to the sensor?
 
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Old Mar 1, 2013 | 05:20 PM
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Is it canadian built, possibly some kind of metric reading ?
 
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Old Mar 1, 2013 | 05:27 PM
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Yea it seems to work ok, just wrong numbers. My temp guage is differant as well. It reads 60, 90, 110.

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Yes it's Canadian built, but I can't think of anything metric that would be close.
 

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Old Mar 1, 2013 | 06:07 PM
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Kilopascals... 60 psi equals 413.6 kilopascals so thats gotta be it, it's abreviated kpa. I'd be swappin the dash outa a usa built truck in.

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Just google kpa to psi conversion and you'll find sites where you can enter the reading and it will convert it to psi

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Or if you have a smart phone you can get a unit conversion app
 

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Old Mar 1, 2013 | 11:30 PM
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wow never woulda figured that one out.... so I'm guessing my temp must be in Celsius? would I be able to just change out the faces instead of the entire cluster? I was thinking of doing gels and LEDs anyway.
 
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Old Mar 2, 2013 | 09:12 AM
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wow never woulda figured that one out.... so I'm guessing my temp must be in Celsius? would I be able to just change out the faces instead of the entire cluster? I was thinking of doing gels and LEDs anyway.
Yup it would be celsius, not sure on the faces, possibly but changing the cluster is simple.
 
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Old Mar 2, 2013 | 03:16 PM
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faces wont work, cluster is the only way im afraid
 
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