Fluctuating oil pressure guage repair

today we are repairing a fluctuating oil pressure gauge on a mazda b3000 with the ford 3.0 engine, this repair applies to all ford rangers and mazda pickup trucks and pretty much any ford or mazda vehicle with the 3.0 liter engine, hope you enjoy, thanks for watching

[@nofortunatesonII]

Motorcraft SW-8368 is the part number for the sending unit. I try to use OEM parts versus aftermarket. I found the lowest price on Amazon at $17.34, which was cheaper than Autozone's aftermarket unit. Thanks for posting the video. Interesting info on the resistor in the oil pressure gauge. That would explain why all 3 of my Rangers have almost the same oil pressure reading.

[@SouthernMechanic]

Thanks for commenting! And I agree, rockauto and oem when I can find oem

[@chaneymcdonnell5608]

Awesome vid. I will be a subscriber for a long time coming.

[@troymassey71]

Worked for me thanks for the short cut

[@SouthernMechanic]

Your welcome, glad I could help you out, thanks for watching!!!

[@geraldsamms9694]

Thank you very much

[@SouthernMechanic]

Your very welcome, thanks for watching

[@skylife7747]

Thanks!

[@SouthernMechanic]

Your welcome

[@elemonator8319]

Xlt 2002 ford ranger is doing the same. Thanks now I know where to look.

[@SouthernMechanic]

Awesome, hope it fixes it, thanks for watching

[@HectorGaribay]

Thx!

[@SouthernMechanic]

Your welcome, Thanks for watching!!!

[@redperez2853]

It’s doing this on my Silverado

[@SouthernMechanic]

The gm vehicles are known for bad stepper motors in the instrument clusters so it may be more likely a bad cluster depending on what year the truck is, what year is your truck?

[@stephenshoemakejr6921]

So, just so I'm clear, you changed the oil pressure gauge sensor? My son has a Ford Ranger with the exact same problem so I'm trying to find a solution. What would I be asking for at the auto parts store to get this fixed? Thanks for the video, great information. Just need a little more clarification. Have a blessed new year!

[@SouthernMechanic]

Yes and it's called the oil pressure sender or oil pressure sending unit

[@stephenshoemakejr6921]

@@SouthernMechanic I thought that might be the issue. Thanks for the quick response. Any idea what they run? Look fairly easy to replace. It will make my son feel a lot better if that gauge is working.

[@stephenshoemakejr6921]

Brother, we have got to get you more subscribers! You are the first person I have been able to find who actually provided a solution to this problem! All the best, let me know if you would like any help getting more people to your page. I know a few tricks and have some means of getting those numbers a bit better for you.

[@SouthernMechanic]

@@stephenshoemakejr6921 they are fairly cheap, around 15 to 20$ if I remember correctly or you can go through rockauto and get it even cheaper if you can wait a few days, I would love to get some more subscribers for sure, I know I need to post more on a regular basis which I plan on doing this year, any help would be greatly appreciated, also glad I could help, let me know if you run into any problems, thanks for watching!!!

[@stephenshoemakejr6921]

@@SouthernMechanic Will do, I'll see what I can do to get you some more visitors to your page right away. Have a blessed day.

[@scottcped]

I just bought a 98 Ranger and the gauge is as jumpy as a one legged man in an ass kicking contest. Question: Until I get it fixed, is it safe to drive?

[@SouthernMechanic]

You should be ok, the only bad thing is that you never actually know if you have oil pressure or not and can do serious damage if you dont have oil pressure but if you have to drive it just make sure your oil level is full and unless something bad mechanically is wrong with the lubrication system then you should be fine

[@7LilTish9]

I know this video is old but I'm having the same issues 2001 Ford Explorer Sport Trac when the gauge check light comes on from time to time, trying to find a fix that will work and not cost me a lot of money because I will be doing it myself

[@SouthernMechanic]

This fix is really cheap and fairly easy, how many miles on your vehicle?

[@nuttacs3271]

if it’s the gage, how come it only does it at certain temperatures?

[@JD-sq2sx]

What exactly is “it” that you changed? I’m just a tad bit confused?

[@SouthernMechanic]

Oil pressure sending unit

[@farbey9579]

Agreed please explain the part changed and show the viewers a closeup of the part...I really have no idea what you are doing in this video.

[@aldomedina6195]

Did it fix the problem, after replacing the gauge?

[@SouthernMechanic]

Yes, check out the end of the video and you will see the before and after, this one just had the gauge though

[@JordyGuy]

@@SouthernMechanic I replacemented the switch sensor and it still does it!!!

[@SouthernMechanic]

@@JordyGuy did you clear the codes? If you don't have a way to do that then unhook the battery and leave it unhooked for about 15 minutes then hook it back up and try it again

[@JordyGuy]

@@SouthernMechanic I will try, if not I'm betting it's the ground wires

[@omarmagdaleno7600]

Is same for Mazda b4000?

[@nofortunatesonII]

Yes, the same.That is a Mazda he is working on.

[@danielleyva7881]

just use a magnet to reset the needle

[@SouthernMechanic]

That only works to get the needle back over the peg if it goes all the way around but it wont fix the original problem

[@jesseshilling2164]

What is it called

[@SouthernMechanic]

Oil pressure sending unit or oil pressure switch depending on what type it is

[@aldomedina6195]

I have a 99 ford ranger same problem and gauge light come on

[@jhonitrejo]

Arreglaste el problema amigo, to tengo el mismo problema y ya cambie sensor

[@spencerdibble8839]

It didn’t work for me on my ranger what else could be wrong

[@SouthernMechanic]

Is it fluctuating like the one in my video? Could also be the guage itself

[@donutcrash]

@southernMechanic can you help me out, what did you change out? Also, I have a 2002 ranger with the 3.0 v6 it runs great, but sometimes while driving it flickers like that then shuts off, also it starts having valve noises when it’s showing no oil pressure, which tells me that the gauge is showing it correctly, but what do I need to change to make this stop happening, I’ve got 232,000 miles and it’s been maintained it whole life, I love this truck and I don’t wanna drive it cause it’ll end up blowing the motor. So what can I do to fix this?

[@txsurfnturf]

​@@donutcrashthe part he changed out is called the oil pressure switch, or oil sending unit. It goes by different names. Pretty inexpensive part, and easy to replace if you have a set of large size deep sockets.