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Old 09-20-2012, 04:23 PM   #1
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$17 worth of piece of mind

I just put a crate engine in my truck about a month ago and, since then, the oil pressure gauge has only shown about 20 PSI. It never went up or down after warm up, just stayed at 20. I knew it was almost certainly a bad gauge (PO put a cheap Sunpro three gauge set in the truck) but I wanted to know for sure. I went to Advance auto and got a $17 replacement and it read 40 PSI warm. I knew it all along, but $17 was a cheap price to pay to feel much better about my new engine.
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Old 09-20-2012, 04:42 PM   #2
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Re: $17 worth of piece of mind

Good call!!
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Old 09-20-2012, 07:33 PM   #3
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Re: $17 worth of piece of mind

I knew it was just the gauge, but I don't have the money for another engine in the slight chance I was wrong.
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