96 oil gauge issues...

Hello all..
newbie here..I just got a 96 v8 LX Sport that had been sitting around for about 2 years and I'm trying to work out all the kinks..
anyhoo, recently my oil pressure gauge will drop when I turn to the right or press the brakes too hard..there no change in the engine when this happens but I was just concerned..has anyone else had this happen? I just had the oil changed and my dad seems to think it may just be an issue with not being grounded out well enough but the check gauges light coming on around every turn is bugging the piss outta me..I tried going by advance to get it checked out but it seems whoever had the car previously has removed the sensor test hookup...any ideas?

RG

normally, that happens to me when my oil is low. About 1 1/2 quarts, to be exact... Might want to check your level just to be safe.

i had a problem just like that... the first thing i tried was replaceing the oil pressuer sender unit... that fixed it for awhile but then it started again... my brother who is a ford ASSAT trained mechanic said that there is acircuit board inside the istrament cluster that comes loose and will cause that prolem sometimes... but the verry fust thing i would check is to see if the the little wire that plugs into the sender unit is on tight... the way the wire plugs up is kinda shitty... the wire has something like a plug on the end of it that goes onto what looks like a screw comeing out of the sender... it dont screw on and it dont lock in place... it just slides on... any way if you dont know where the sender is... it screws in the same houseing that your oil filter screws into... give it a whirl... oh the sender unit is less then ten bucks.

I have a 95 T-Bird LX, and it behaves similarly when the oil is low in the car. Like Figori said, I would just check the oil level first before spending any money or even trying to remove the instrument cluster. V8's can burn through oil pretty quickly even before you hit the suggested 3000 mile mark.

I believe this problem simply occurs since the T-Bird doesn't have a dry sump oil system (or a crappy one at best).