2G oil pressure gauge randomly stopped working?!

[TheFlashDSM]

this is my daily 96 2g dsm gsx auto completely bone stock 114,xxx miles, i brought it to get a wheel alignment and i stood and watched the whole thing, everything went fine,

the car stayed idling for about 20 min up on the alignment lift idled fine no issues,

when the car came down and i drove off i realized the factor oil gauge wasnt working, i thought maybe the plug got undone from the bell looking pressure sensor,

well it was on and the wire was not broken,

so heres what i did,

1st - took off plug and cleaned the sensor as well as the clip (did not work)
2nd - cut and put a new wire and clip on (did not work)

can the sensor just go out like that? and ive been driving it for 2 days with no issue!

im gonna replace the sender right now and see, but in the meen time please through out ideas!

 

[Kenny07]

Yes, they can go out like that. I once had to buy 3 new ones just to find one that worked.
The stock gauge is not really good for anything. If you're worried about oil pressure, take the oil cap off while the car is running, you should see oil being thrown around

Everyone's going to tell you to get an aftermarket gauge, and I agree, but be prepared

Also, the fact you've been driving for 2 days, tells me your pressure is fine and it's most likely the gauge/wiring

 

[TheFlashDSM]

Yes, they can go out like that. I once had to buy 3 new ones just to find one that worked.
The stock gauge is not really good for anything. If you're worried about oil pressure, take the oil cap off while the car is running, you should see oil being thrown around

Everyone's going to tell you to get an aftermarket gauge, and I agree, but be prepared

Also, the fact you've been driving for 2 days, tells me your pressure is fine and it's most likely the gauge/wiring

yea i know about the oil cap, everything is fine there that was the 1st i checked, but i put in a sensor from the red car in my profile pic and i know it was working and thats not working either, so ill try a brand new one and see what happens, but it dosnt make sense?!

 

[TheFlashDSM]

Yes, they can go out like that. I once had to buy 3 new ones just to find one that worked.
The stock gauge is not really good for anything. If you're worried about oil pressure, take the oil cap off while the car is running, you should see oil being thrown around

Everyone's going to tell you to get an aftermarket gauge, and I agree, but be prepared

Also, the fact you've been driving for 2 days, tells me your pressure is fine and it's most likely the gauge/wiring

and NO AFTERMARKET ON THIS CAR, GAUGES INCLUDED!! I WANT TO FIX THE PROBLEM

 

[Kenny07]

and NO AFTERMARKET ON THIS CAR, GAUGES INCLUDED!! I WANT TO FIX THE PROBLEM

No need to yell, could be electrical then. Follow the wire and make sure it's not being grounded. There's a way to test the gauge by grounding it...
http://www.dsmtuners.com/threads/how-to-test-oil-pressure-gauge.164170/

Try that.

 

[TheFlashDSM]

No need to yell, could be electrical then. Follow the wire and make sure it's not being grounded. There's a way to test the gauge by grounding it...
http://www.dsmtuners.com/threads/how-to-test-oil-pressure-gauge.164170/

Try that.

i wasnt yelling, i was stating in bold letters that, please dont anybody tell me that no hate, but i will try grounding it and see what happens, thanks for that thread because i couldnt find much on this besides check the wire with clip to see if it fell off.