NPC: strange oil-pressure *problem*, on my Jeep ... Options

[SirAndy]

so, driving my '93 Jeep Wrangler i noticed lately that the oil-pressure goes up to max. when the car gets *low* on oil ...
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anyone care to explain?

the car has the 4.0L straight 6, called "High Output" (whatever that means) ...
hauls ass (for a jeep) ...
never had any trouble with the oil pressure, always used to be around the center on the gauge when filled up nicely.
but lately, when the car gets low on oil, the pressure goes to max. on the gauge until i fill her up with oil again, then the pressure drops to normal.

this is kind of counter-intuitive. shouldn't the oil-pressure *drop* when low on oil ???

what am i missing here?
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif) Andy

[mudfoot76]

FWIW, I've known quite a few people who have owned Wranglers built in the early and mid 90's, and all of them suffered through weird electrical problems. One had to have the entire instrument cluster replaced twice b/c of speedo and tach display problems. Another had reverse lights that were always on until reverse was actually engaged. This person also had problems with the air venting system -- moving the little selector lever sometimes worked, sometimes didn't, sometimes selected outputs different from what was indicated (don't know if this is an electric system or not)....

I don't know much about 'em, but from what I do know, that generation of Wranglers were just funky (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif) This might just be another quirk that endears them to so many people (not unlike how we celebrate the 914??)