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Old 05-06-2002, 03:30 PM
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Default mechanical oil gauge

I highly suggest running a -3 (or even -4) braided stainless line with full radius elbows to the oil pressure gauge instead of the little nylon one that probubly came with the gauge. This will let you see the needly fluctuate if the oil pressure is, and notify you of the impending lubrication problem. The little nylon line that comes with most pressure gauges effectively dampen the pressure fluctuations, just watch how long it takes to react to fire up, shut down, or jazzing the throttle. The oil gauge should react quicker than the tach to a tap of the throttle at a stoplight. But anything beats an electric oil pressure gauge. You do have an oil temp gauge too, right?
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