Rick Bosak's Journal

I have a Smiths oil pressure gauge that replaced the original dual water/oil gauge that came in the Sprite. After 4 summers of driving the oil pressure needle pegged at the high end above the 100 psi limit. Other than a blocked relief valve in the oil pump (not likely) the obvious problem was probably the sender unit. It was a VDO I bought from Summit. With just ignition on it is still pegged over the top limit. I'm hoping a new one from Smiths will last longer SMIPTR1810-1-10 Smiths B/M Pressure Sender 1/8 x 27 NPT. It had to come all the way from the UK but it's installed and reading correctly. I had to lay under the Sprite to install as it is right under the header. My old bod don't like crawling around under a car so much now that I'm past 70. But the test drive was worth it. I had a very big smile going through the gears.