Oil Pressure Gauge is pegged.

[drew@dyermaker.cs.uoguelph.ca (drew)]

Sounds that way.  Do you have a dual-pole sender (ie idiot light/guage?)
If so, try reversing the wires - you could have the connections backwards.

Drew

On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Jason Adams wrote:

> So I grounded the wire from the sender, gauge reads zero, the ground on the
> gauge taps into the voltmeter and oil temp gauge and they're working
> fine....
> 
> so i guess my sender is toast?
> 
> Jason Adams
> Fahrvergnugen Forever! ;)
> 84 rocco 16v
> 93 320i
> 98 Z71
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "drew" <drew@dyermaker.cs.uoguelph.ca>
> To: "Jason Adams" <roclist@accessconsulting.ca>
> Cc: "0sciroccolist" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 9:21 AM
> Subject: Re: Oil Pressure Gauge is pegged.
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > Sounds to me like your guage circuit is open.  Your needle will peg if
> > there is infinite resistance on the sender circuit to ground (ie your
> > sender is not there.)
> >
> > It takes a few seconds for the needle to drop because it's been pegged for
> > a while and gets stuck... :)
> >
> > Doublecheck your wiring - short the sender wire to ground in the engine
> > compartment and use a multi-meter at the guage to check that you've got
> > continuity to ground.
> >
> > Drew
> >
> > On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Jason Adams wrote:
> >
> > > Was working fine... damn, I swapped dashes and now the gauge pegs to
> +5bar
> > > when I turn the car on. and stays pegged after I shut the car off for
> about
> > > 6 seconds...
> > >
> > > just to be sure on the connections...
> > >
> > > +       --- +12V
> > > _ |_   --- Ground
> > > G      --- Gauge
> > >
> > > Everything was working fine a week ago... what's up here?
> > >
> > > Jason Adams
> > > Fahrvergnugen Forever! ;)
> > > 84 rocco 16v
> > > 93 320i
> > > 98 Z71
> > >
> > >
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