[pauloregon]

944 people....

I installed a new oil pressure sender in my 85.5 944 NA last weekend as part of my oil cooler reseal project. After reassembly, the car ran fine on it's test drive with the oil gauge showing 5 bars at start, 4 a bit later, etc. Normal behavior.

Later that afternoon, as I was putting the car back in the garage, I noticed that oil gauge had pegged above 5 bars. When I turned off the car, the needle stayed high until i tapped at the instrument cluster and it dropped to zero.

Using the Clark's Garage test for the gauge, I was able to move the needle up and down using a variable resistor as described, so the gauge is fine.

Is it possible for these senders to fail just after install? Heck, my old sender was sort of working after 23 years of daily use! The new sender from Pelican was an FAE. Should I use the VDO sender instead?

Any advice is appreciated before I spend $$$