Oil behind the glass window is oil migrating from the source up the
cable. This is due to a couple of reasons. One reason is the cable has
to be lubricated when installed and if the lubrication exceeds 50% of the
cable length, oil will visit the guage.
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On Tue, 15 Oct 1996 16:00:27 -0700 (PDT) jstovall@earthlink.net (J.
Stovall) writes:
>>Question of the day:
>>
>> The oil pressure gauge on my 74 TR6 has a bit of oil standing
>> behind the glass. Its a "Smiths" gauge and there about 1/8 inch of
>> it at the thickest point. Common problem? Can the gauge be
>> repaired (by me)? It works great otherwise.
>>
>>Thanks
>>-Steve
>
>Steve,
> Not much of a problem at all. All you have to do is take the
>guage
>out and apart and clean it up real good. There are many resources to
>help
>you with taking the little bugger apart; the best one is probably this
>here
>list.
>
>BTW, how did oil get behind the glass anyhow?!
>
>Good Luck!
>
>Jeff Stovall
>jstovall@earthlink.net
>"I'm God's gift to humility."
>1966 Triumph GT6 mk1
>AKA "Le bombe blanche"
>
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