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Hi All well sadly the LTD met its death and i just picked up a EF XR6 tickford edition this week
car is in immaculate condition only ove noticed in the past 2 days the oil pressure gauge is sitting right up on number 7 at idle it will drop a couple of lines and in the course of driving fluctuate it was ok when i picked up th car in tuesday but since then its been playing up could it be a pressure switch playing up? thank again in advance plus has anyone done the conversion to trip computer in that model how easy / hard / fiddly is it any feedback welcome thanks again
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Hi this is normal you can buy another sender from ford but why waste money.. As long as the gauge doesn't drop it the red it's all ok...
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get another eart wire from theblock to the -Ve of the battery
had this on my au
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most likely the sender is stuffed, or as was mentioned, a bad earth.
are all of your gauges doing stupid things or just the oil pressure?
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just the oil pressure
and the water resivor sensor the car yard i have purchaed the car from is willing to fix it all ofr free which is good but yeah car sles men being car sales man can somtimes be shady so its good to go in with some informed "ammo"
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xygthoph3 wrote: Hi this is normal you can buy another sender from ford but why waste money.. As long as the gauge doesn't drop it the red it's all ok...
if the sensor is dodgy, it may well be sending a false high pressure signal to the gauge
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how mucuh would a new sensor cost from ford?
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I have an EL Fairmont Ghia with Tickford Motor.
When I start the car, the oil pressure is up around three quarters, as you start driving, the oil pressure at idle sits just above the red. Then when you accelerate it goes up to about half way. is this normal? Sits pretty low at idle 650rpm.
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EB V8 wrote: I have an EL Fairmont Ghia with Tickford Motor.
When I start the car, the oil pressure is up around three quarters, as you start driving, the oil pressure at idle sits just above the red. Then when you accelerate it goes up to about half way. is this normal? Sits pretty low at idle 650rpm. yes normal idle is should be around 750rpm
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I've got an EL fairmont Ghia and had a similar problem , it use to go right down to the red on a warm day with the A/C on. In the end i tested the alternator and when the alternator is under load with A/C and everything on it was only putting out 10.5V. The internal Regulator on them die sometimes. I put a New Bosch one on and all is perfect, it sits nice and high now. Check your alternator first!
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