ive got a wb statesman dash, silly me wasnt thinking when i bought a VDO oil sender for the gauge i asked for a sender for 253 red motor. are the senders the same through the models or do they have a different resistance value's for different dash clusters. when the ignition is "ON" the guage reads 2 bars then drops once started and the light comes on. (it's a new engine and yes there is oil pressure)

also the temp guage doesnt work. i tried putting a 20ohm resistor in but the guage goes to hot straight away.

i'm told it's common for the internal resistor to blow in the guages. are the oil and temp running from the same resistor and if so what is the resistance needed for the fix, or have i got other problems?
cheers craig

ive found out that the oil sender for a 253 has a different part number than a 308. and statesmans didnt come out with a 253. would anyone know the difference in senders between 308 and 253. ive paid 70 bucks for a new 253 sender so if possible id like t

thanks terry, i'll go price some commodore senders. hope they arnt as expensive as the one i just bought.

thanks again greatly appreciated, craig