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I've been doing some short test drives around the neighborhood to sort things and await my upcoming state inspection appointment. I'll need tires to pass but our mechanic agreed to inspect as it is and fail me for tires while also giving feedback on anything else the van might need, then let me get tires and reinspect for free within ten days. Don't want to spend 700 bucks only to have something more massive and daunting land on me.
One weird thing I've noticed in the drives is the inconsistent behavior of the oil pressure gauge. At first it was not registering at all but the warning light wasn't on so I figured the gauge was bad. Then on one drive I noticed the needle above the halfway point, evidently showing decent oil pressure. However, it rises and falls seemingly independent of engine revs. Might be rock steady at mid-gauge during idle or driving, then slowly drop to nothing (still with no warning light). Don't know if the gauge is bad or the pressure is, or the sender. I figure that if the pressure is really bad I'd know for sure by now by the sounds of an engine in distress.
Here it is in the Neutral Zone (not being worked on or having money spent on it).
One weird thing I've noticed in the drives is the inconsistent behavior of the oil pressure gauge. At first it was not registering at all but the warning light wasn't on so I figured the gauge was bad. Then on one drive I noticed the needle above the halfway point, evidently showing decent oil pressure. However, it rises and falls seemingly independent of engine revs. Might be rock steady at mid-gauge during idle or driving, then slowly drop to nothing (still with no warning light). Don't know if the gauge is bad or the pressure is, or the sender. I figure that if the pressure is really bad I'd know for sure by now by the sounds of an engine in distress.
Here it is in the Neutral Zone (not being worked on or having money spent on it).