oil gagues

[Michael Dewar - Sun Scotland]

> 
>   Ok, now that the V8 is up and running again, the oil gauges seem not
> to be working.  The oil temp doesn't move, and the oil pressure stays at
> 5.  When it warms up, and I put the car in neutral and let it idle, it
> drops to around 3.5, but anything over 1500 rpm, and it's pegged at 5
> again.  Both gauges worked fine before the tank replacement, and I can't
> figure why anything he did on the car would affect it.  I don't know if
> a fuse is used on these, or if I need to check the sensors.

I would have said that this behaviour is normal. Taking the car on the
highway may show a small movement on the oil temperature gauge - it
takes a hard drive to get mine to move up.

>      Another weird thing is the ABS.  They work great, and when switched
> off, the tires do lock up under stomp braking.  However, if I've been
> braking hard, the petal violently serge's, I hear a noise that sounds
> like crunching, and the car takes forever to stop.  It's never happened
> under normal conditions, but after stomping on the brakes hard 3 or 4
> times in a row with the ABS active.  This is my first car with ABS, so
> I'm not sure if this is normal, or raises any flags to anyone.
> 

Possibly your fluid is boiling over or your pads are overheating. When
was the brake fluid last changed ?

Regards,
Mike