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Hey, I just did a trip to wollongong from newcastle, and along the f3 towards sydney i noticed that the oil pressure guage was reading really high, like in the red? so as soon as i could i pulled over an checked oil and everythin and it all seemed fine!
just wondering if any of you guy had a prob with this? im driving an efII fairmont
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high oil pressure would indicate that you have to much oil in the motor..
when you pulled over did u read the oil correctly? Ie. wiping the stick and then checking it again? when the motor is hot you will get innacurate readings so you need to wipe it then check it. what is the oil pressure when ur at idle? |
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eed-250 wrote: high oil pressure would indicate that you have to much oil in the motor..
when you pulled over did u read the oil correctly? Ie. wiping the stick and then checking it again? when the motor is hot you will get innacurate readings so you need to wipe it then check it. what is the oil pressure when ur at idle? either that or the oil is too thick, but if its the first time its happened then i'd say what eed-250 said.
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Pulco wrote: just wondering if any of you guy had a prob with this? im driving an efII fairmont
Yeah I've had this a few times - EF XR6. Mine usually returns to normal after a while (or if I switch off and then restart) I can only assume it's a sender unit problem - I'll have to change it one day to find out! Cheers Paul B XR6WGN
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yea i checked the level and it was jsut under, plus i checked it cold and same, it was the only time is happeded as xr6wgn had said! it didnt happen for the rest of the trip and i think the oil i have it is it either gtx2 or 3
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probably a sender unit then..
maybe the contacts are a bit loose or something? |
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hmm could be a faulty sender, electrics can often go a bit wako when they are hot.
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yea, thats wat my old man thinks too, i will keep an eye on it
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if the oil level is too high it wont cause excess pressure
if it went back to normal, i'd say its a sender fault if it stays high, i'd say one or more of the oil galleries or ports is blocked
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only thing you can do is hook up a manual gauge
when i strart mine it sits in the red for a while and mooves down dunno why though. causes are bad relief valve blocked galleries, bad gauge earths damaged sender or gauge
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| eed-250 |
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erm. from what ive seen fillign the engine up with to much oil will give you a higher oil pressure then normal???
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I experienced the same until I fitted a new sender, cheap too at only about $50.
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