Originally Posted by Gray_Ghost
Will powering the gauges backfeed the system if there are no other fuses in the fuse block? If so, I'd have to get a standalone oil pressure gauge, since the current gauge is a part of a gauge cluster.

That's one of those questions that cannot be answered without eye-balling the schematic of the fuse block.

Mechanical oil pressure gauges are cheap at FLAPS.

Also, it wouldn't hurt to crank the engine over a few turns by hand while you have the oil pressure up.

Last edited by Bill Hanlon; 01/09/2024 9:35 PM.

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