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Re: [Shop-talk] Oil-pressure gauge goes nuts on Suburban.

To: old dirtbeard <dirtbeard@pacbell.net> s=q20121106; t=1387075295; bh=lZA5nQ2PFv54RnqOqWpcDsTS1DhMneT7VYh50tomkEI=; h=Received:Received:Date:From:To:Message-ID:Subject:MIME-Version: Content-Type; b=NytAoZXNC7QbSlRctaj1Dy4y5wozGn0wtCW/pOxHebgepwzvdxe+aTkDO9hm5z3O0 J0z0JPjjUBTiLATUmVi+9qDBnshe3kTgdyQCqnMhkmjrJ7+xh7NPPPN+iCMnz68O6p 40IGQ56gZZVRXIovh4me0ZvYc1C7Cx/7cpU3/v/z98RlDMFS1MbBpq3iZs3s5HCc99 noOp8S4vXDWdGaU/+uqWUwb4/NbZKKSXgnY6Hp3jX54T3wOEu6F6buybBF2ecLS2a6 0W1lTjmitsADVub8Uu3xwZ9LGJve346Eww2Lo9UBA+xLYvGkcgYT75TyEkZTWkpIZG zMD3MojcNpR9Q==
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Oil-pressure gauge goes nuts on Suburban.
From: pethier@comcast.net
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 02:41:34 +0000 (UTC)
Cc: shop-talk@autox.team.net
Delivered-to: mharc@autox.team.net
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Whatever the cause, it healed itself overnight in the cold garage.  This 
morning it acted completely normal.  Drove the truck three times today for 
considerable distances and all the gauges acted as expected.

Maybe the brownies came and repaired it.

Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "old dirtbeard" <dirtbeard@pacbell.net>
> To: pethier@comcast.net, shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2013 9:59:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Oil-pressure gauge goes nuts on Suburban.
> Hi Phil,
> 
> 
> Just a guess, but perhaps the viscosity of the oil at 11 above was
> thick enough to jam the sender unit wide open and now it is stuck
> there. Maybe with heat and cycles it will free up again. Just a
> guess...
> 
> 
> best,
> 
> doug
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