beeping fron digi dash!!!! help!!!!

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beeping fron digi dash!!!! help!!!!

October 05, 2006, 10:05:20 PM

Well since i did the swap from a v6 to my 5.0 afte a long time the high and low oil light beeps but I have everything good. The oil is fine. What can I do for this not to beep and annoy me? And how would i do it???

ERIC

beeping fron digi dash!!!! help!!!!

Reply #1 – October 05, 2006, 11:34:51 PM

From Mitchel OnDemand (printed to a PDF file):

beeping fron digi dash!!!! help!!!!

Reply #2 – October 06, 2006, 07:10:50 PM

Thank You so much I will do just that. :)

beeping fron digi dash!!!! help!!!!

Reply #3 – October 10, 2006, 09:22:39 PM

ok when i unplug the wire for the sending unit do i turn teh car on or keep it just one turn forward. always to make sure, were is the temp/oil sendin unit located. it it near the oil filter?

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Reply #4 – October 10, 2006, 11:24:40 PM

There are two different senders - that diagnosis is for two seperate problems. Ignore the stuff about the water sender and focus on the oil, since that is your problem. The oil sender is right next to the oil filter. The car need not be running, you just have to have the ignition on (so that heater fan works)

beeping fron digi dash!!!! help!!!!

Reply #5 – October 11, 2006, 05:48:54 PM

when checking for the oil sender to be good meaning unplugging the wire and there is 1 bar lit, that means that the sender is bad?? How can I tell if the oil sender is good? If its not lit???

beeping fron digi dash!!!! help!!!!

Reply #6 – October 11, 2006, 10:51:41 PM

If you unplug the sender and one bar is lit, just as the troubleshooting suggests, this means that there is not a short to ground in the circuit (in other words, the wiring between the cluster and the sender is OK). This usually points to a bad sender.

According to the Mitchell OnDemand specs, the resistance of the sending unit should be between 9 and 40 ohms with the engine running. To test resistance, unplug the sending unit, run a jumper wire from the sending unit up to the battery area (to make it easier to test with the nengine running, without getting close to moving parts), and connect an ohm meter between the jumper wire and battery ground. Start the engine an observe the ohm meter. Rev the engine up and down to allow the oil pressure to fluctuate. If the ohm reading goes outside of the 9-40 ohm range at any time, replace the sender.

The high and low reading with the beeping indicates a short to ground (lower than 9-ohms resistance). A bad sender might cause this, or an incorrect sender might definitely cause this, especially in an engine that may have marginal oil pressure. If, for example, the sender was from a car that originally had a light, and the oil pressure drops to the point that it would have turned the light on (or indeed the sender could be faulty, even if incorrect for the cluster) the switch inside it would close, causing low resistance, which could cause your problem.

One question - when you swapped that engine in, did you use the sender that was on it, and if so, was it from a full digital car? I think I may have asked you this before but forget the reply. Base digital, full digital, and full buttstuffogue all use different senders.

beeping fron digi dash!!!! help!!!!

Reply #7 – October 12, 2006, 12:08:29 AM

well the engine came form my bros old 88 t bird. the engine was a 5.0 which i have now and it had anolog cluster. Right now i have i think full digital. I think that maybe the probelm cause i did not change the senders fo rteh digital gauge. Right or wrong?

beeping fron digi dash!!!! help!!!!

Reply #8 – October 12, 2006, 09:43:49 AM

I'd say that's agood place to start :D

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Reply #9 – October 12, 2006, 09:13:34 PM

lol ok at least i kno why its beepin lol

beeping fron digi dash!!!! help!!!!

Reply #10 – November 10, 2006, 02:30:21 AM

Did you get your problem fixed?

If not, try a Wells PS4 Oil Pressure Sender. This should fix your issue so long as your wiring and grounds are good.