97 ZJ with 318

yesterday, while at a stop light, I noticed my oil pressure gage dropped
down to zero. When I rev up the engine the gage would read normal (over
40). Let it idle and it now drops to zero. If I take it out of gear
(neutral or park) the gage would read normal for idle (just below 40).
Question: where would I find the oil pressure switch on the 318. I can
find the oil level switch on the pan but I am not sure where the pressure
switch is. Any ideas with a good drawing or photo would help
Tanx

It is located at the top rear of the engine behind the intake manifold next
to the distributor.

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> yesterday, while at a stop light, I noticed my oil pressure gage dropped
> down to zero. When I rev up the engine the gage would read normal (over
> 40). Let it idle and it now drops to zero. If I take it out of gear
> (neutral or park) the gage would read normal for idle (just below 40).
> Question: where would I find the oil pressure switch on the 318. I can
> find the oil level switch on the pan but I am not sure where the pressure
> switch is. Any ideas with a good drawing or photo would help
> Tanx
>

mikl did pass the time by typing:
> yesterday, while at a stop light, I noticed my oil pressure gage dropped
> down to zero. When I rev up the engine the gage would read normal (over
> 40). Let it idle and it now drops to zero. If I take it out of gear
> (neutral or park) the gage would read normal for idle (just below 40).
> Question: where would I find the oil pressure switch on the 318. I can
> find the oil level switch on the pan but I am not sure where the pressure
> switch is. Any ideas with a good drawing or photo would help
> Tanx

if it's like the 4.0, it will be located by the oil filter, but I
think it might be up by the distributor like the other 318 blocks.
Should look like http://www.rockauto.com/ref/ACDelco/...html?C1818.jpg

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Like others have already said it is next to the distributor, in
this picture the exposed distributor rotor is pointed to it's silver
bell shape: http://i4.ebayimg.com/04/i/04/59/61/83_1_b.JPG
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mikl wrote:
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> yesterday, while at a stop light, I noticed my oil pressure gage dropped
> down to zero. When I rev up the engine the gage would read normal (over
> 40). Let it idle and it now drops to zero. If I take it out of gear
> (neutral or park) the gage would read normal for idle (just below 40).
> Question: where would I find the oil pressure switch on the 318. I can
> find the oil level switch on the pan but I am not sure where the pressure
> switch is. Any ideas with a good drawing or photo would help
> Tanx

next to the distributor back of engine

mikl wrote:

> yesterday, while at a stop light, I noticed my oil pressure gage dropped
> down to zero. When I rev up the engine the gage would read normal (over
> 40). Let it idle and it now drops to zero. If I take it out of gear
> (neutral or park) the gage would read normal for idle (just below 40).
> Question: where would I find the oil pressure switch on the 318. I can
> find the oil level switch on the pan but I am not sure where the pressure
> switch is. Any ideas with a good drawing or photo would help
> Tanx

thank you thank you. found it.
"mikl" > wrote in message
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> yesterday, while at a stop light, I noticed my oil pressure gage dropped
> down to zero. When I rev up the engine the gage would read normal (over
> 40). Let it idle and it now drops to zero. If I take it out of gear
> (neutral or park) the gage would read normal for idle (just below 40).
> Question: where would I find the oil pressure switch on the 318. I can
> find the oil level switch on the pan but I am not sure where the pressure
> switch is. Any ideas with a good drawing or photo would help
> Tanx
>