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| familyhack |
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right so here goes...
i buy the nl last week,5lt with 250ks and appears to have been looked after. i get it home to discover a horrible rattle/knock at first i thought it was flex plate...checked it and not it then i take to mechanics..one says oil change...another says power steering pump.both of which didnt seem right to me..i take it to a 3rd mechanic who points out that the passenger side cat is stuffed and thats where the noise is coming from...makes sense cos it is more audible from that side.. so i do an oil change and use nulon 20/50 oil and while im under the car i listen to the noise myself and yeay it sounds like the cat... BUT since i did the oil change my oil pressure gauge is all over the shop...from in the red at 7 to none at all and anywhere in between,changing when it feels like it.... SO im starting to wonder wether all this is caused by a stuffed oil pump...rattle and all.... any opinons guys? cheers. |
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| twase |
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Oil pressure would not vary that much, I would suspect the pressure sender is faulty.
Put a pressure guage on it and check first or if you cant access one then swap the sender out with another.
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| familyhack |
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ill get a pressure gauge on it tomoz..
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| familyhack |
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so will a pump rattle really bad if it is stuffed??
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| familyhack |
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so anymore opinions on the oil pump thing?
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| One Drone |
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I know a power steering pump will rattle but haven't heard an oil pump *touch wood*. If you are trying to isolate the sounds, I recommend getting an automotive stethoscope to find exactly where the noise is coming from; they work wonders!
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Yeah I'd try the sender first,mine sometimes goes to full tilt and then settles down so I know mines d**k! I thought you'd already found your cat was RS on another thread!
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| familyhack |
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still wasnt sure champ...still not to be honest....but will be fixing it this week...hope it is the drama
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Hi Ive got the oil pressure issue with my car as well, ive heard Penrite HPR30 is the way to go for the 5L, going to try this in mine soon. There was a similer thread to this not to long ago might pay to have a look?
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{USERNAME} wrote: Hi Ive got the oil pressure issue with my car as well, ive heard Penrite HPR30 is the way to go for the 5L, going to try this in mine soon. There was a similer thread to this not to long ago might pay to have a look? That is what I use 
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I too had a similar issue where the pressure gauge was all over the place. Changed the sender unit and all is good.
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| the sam |
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The oil pressure senders in ef/el are absolutely sh*thouse. Mine has been dodgy forever. Just forget about it, or replace it if it means that much to you. Will probably fail again anyway haha.
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