John,
Where's the sender located on the engine? These LS series are very
different from the older SBCs.
On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 1:50 PM, John Henard <johnhenard@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Phil,Sounds like my 2004 Yukon Denali. Engine off oil pressure zero, turn
> on
> and it goes full scale and then back to zero when off. I read somewhere
> that
> was an indication of oil pressure sender. Replaced mine and fixed it and
> now
> acting normally.If your suburban is laid out like the Yukon (should be) I
> needed to get the socket at a FLAPS since now of mine would get a good
> bite on
> the sender. $43 for the sender and some bruised knuckles. Suggest laying
> down
> cardboard and maybe a towel over the engine so you can lay on the engine a
> bit
> more comfortably. Be careful with the sender I snapped the top on one and
> had
> to beg for a replacement. Good DIY but will require a few swear words
>
> --John Henard
>
>
> > Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2013 05:48:50 +0000
> > From: pethier@comcast.net
> > To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
> > Subject: [Shop-talk] Oil-pressure gauge goes nuts on Suburban.
> >
> > 2004 Chevrolet Suburban. Picked up my truck after it had been sitting
> out
> in the 11-degree-F cold for a while. Started OK. The oil-pressure gauge
> was
> pegged WAY past the end. Stopped the truck after it was warm and went
> into a
> store. Came out and turned on the ignition. Needle went to full scale.
> Started the engine and needle went to full-on pegged again. Stayed that
> way
> until I shut it off in the garage. Needle went to zero. Ignition on,
> back to
> full scale. Restart engine, back to superpeg again.
> >
> > All the other gauges seem to be acting normally.
> >
> > Anybody else ever seen anything like this?
> >
> > Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
> > 1973 Triumph Stag LE22439UBW "uncle jack", Sapphire Blue
> > 2004 Suburban 8.1, Sport Red, the only automatic of the bunch
> > 2005 Lotus Elise, Bordeaux Red Pearl
> > 2007 Saturn Ion 3 2.4, Berry Red
> > pethier@comcast.net
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/pethier
> > http://www.flickr.com/groups/triumphtransamerica
> > http://www.mnautox.com
> > http://www.mntriumphs.org2004 Suburban.
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