OIL PRESSURE GUAGE.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXXII, Issue 2801, 16 November 1931, Page 6

OIL PRESSURE GUAGE.

Of all the dashboard fittings, the oil pressure gauge calls for continual attention when driving for although its purpose may be simply to register the pressure of oil in the lubricating system, yet it is here that the first indication will be given of many impending troubles. If the needle of this gauge should fall back to zero, jump again to its normal reading in an irregular manner, it would indicate the oil supply in the crankcase becoming dangerously low. Should it fall back to zero when the cat is steered round a sharp corner, the possibilities are that one cf the oil pipes normally submerged in the crankcase has been either ci sicked or fractured, and an inspection to determine whether this is so should immediately bo made. If, on the other hand, the needle falls back to zero and remains there it is almost certain that one of tho main oil pipes is broken, and instead tf the lubricant reaching the motor it is in ell probability being pumped on to the road. With the needle flying over to its maximum reading and stopping in that position, it indicates either an obstruction in the oil line between pump and bearings or the release valve has ceased to function, or both, and an inspection should immediately be made.