Oil pressure sender?

[pete]

Either my oil pressure sender or oil pressure guauge is dying. I'm getting an intermittent 0 psi oil pressure reading on the guauge, but the idiot light stays firmly off except while I start the engine, so I'm confident that it's not really got no oil pressure. Besides, I know what a Rover V8 would sounds like with no oil pressure!

Anyway - does anyone know where the pressure sender is located? The problem only manifested itself after leaving the car out in the rain overnight, so I'm hoping it's just a duff connection somewhere. All the other guauges are fine, so I guess it's probably not the connection or earth at the dash, more likely at the sender itself...?

Thanks in advance,
Pete
'97 Griff 500

[Ballistic Banana]

Hi Pete.

Not sure where it is myself but some one had similiar problems here
and Zippy500 reckons its next to the oil filterhere

Hope it helps

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>> Edited by Ballistic Banana (moderator) on Sunday 1st December 18:28

[veg]

Replaced my old V8S oil pressure gauge as it had exactly the same faults as you describe.
It is by the oil filter and is a black cylindrical thingy with a wire on the end. It just unbolts as easy as pie.