oil pressure gauge was dropping to zero after slowing down to a stop at a stop sign or intersection, etc. check gauges light came on at that time. replaced oil sending unit (twice). was also loosing coolant.
found out i had a leaking head gasket. replaced that and all that implies. drove it for the first time in 3 weeks (other than around the neighborhood last night) this morning to work. all was fine on the drive down the highway. when i exited and approached the intersection in front of work, the oil pressure gauge needle dropped to zero and the check gauges light came on. what else is there that i can do or check. it is getting pretty irritating, but i don't want to blow anything up...other than my jeep if it doesn't start cooperating soon.
after it cooled, i went outside to check the fluids (which had just been topped off last night). the oil looks good...color and level. the coolant level had dropped some. no drips or puddles that i could see. it was still on top of the core, but not in the fill neck like it was last night after filling. i topped it off and it took a decent amount to do so. we'll see if it lowers again. i would like to think it was just a matter of air bubbles working their way out, but i am not so optomistic.
is there something i am missing here. new hoses, new gaskets...thermostat, waterpump, cylinder head, machined head, resealed valves, new oil sending unit.
found out i had a leaking head gasket. replaced that and all that implies. drove it for the first time in 3 weeks (other than around the neighborhood last night) this morning to work. all was fine on the drive down the highway. when i exited and approached the intersection in front of work, the oil pressure gauge needle dropped to zero and the check gauges light came on. what else is there that i can do or check. it is getting pretty irritating, but i don't want to blow anything up...other than my jeep if it doesn't start cooperating soon.
after it cooled, i went outside to check the fluids (which had just been topped off last night). the oil looks good...color and level. the coolant level had dropped some. no drips or puddles that i could see. it was still on top of the core, but not in the fill neck like it was last night after filling. i topped it off and it took a decent amount to do so. we'll see if it lowers again. i would like to think it was just a matter of air bubbles working their way out, but i am not so optomistic.
is there something i am missing here. new hoses, new gaskets...thermostat, waterpump, cylinder head, machined head, resealed valves, new oil sending unit.