Still pants oil pressure

[Ian Hulley]

If the bearings were dodgy would it not smoke,

No, that's rings allowing oil into the combustion chamber.

rattle, run badly

Eventually, yes it would

[KINGPRAWN]

Pressure relief valve changed .. Oil temp sender changed... Test drive in the morning!!!

[Plasticman]

still would have been usefull to wet gauge it prior to changing more than one item at a time ,but good luck
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[KINGPRAWN]

So a good blast up the road oil temp 80deg oil pressure at idle still at aprox 0.5 bar!!! CRAP!!!!
So is there a next step without pulling the motor apart??
I guess it's been like this for years so I'm tempted to just leave it... And I'd of gotten away with it too if it wasn't for those pesky gauges!!!!

[dave friday]

whats the pressure at 2000rpm?...have you replaced the high oil pressure switch?[the one thar sets the buzzer off?]

[KINGPRAWN]

whats the pressure at 2000rpm?...have you replaced the high oil pressure switch?[the one thar sets the buzzer off?]

It's pretty much a constant half pressure to revs 1 bar at 2000rpm... No I haven't changed the sender!

[KINGPRAWN]

whats the pressure at 2000rpm?...have you replaced the high oil pressure switch?[the one thar sets the buzzer off?]

It's pretty much a constant half pressure to revs 1 bar at 2000rpm... No I haven't changed the sender!

I fitted an electric oil temp gauge using a braided extension pipe from where the sender was between the pushrods (2.1 DJ) which is now located ontop of the engine.

[KINGPRAWN]

whats the pressure at 2000rpm?...have you replaced the high oil pressure switch?[the one thar sets the buzzer off?]

It's pretty much a constant half pressure to revs 1 bar at 2000rpm... No I haven't changed the sender!

I fitted an electric oil temp gauge using a braided extension pipe from where the sender was between the pushrods (2.1 DJ) which is now located ontop of the engine.

Now thinking back, when I fitted the pressure gauge and relocated the sender the buzzer would sound at 1500 ish rpm.. So I swaped it with the sender that was between the pullies ( replaced with the oil temp sender) and that cured the buzzer... Is this relevant ?????

[Ian Hulley]

The B.O.D. should only be triggered at 2000 (or 2200 ?) rpm so you definately have electrical issues somewhere.

[KINGPRAWN]

The B.O.D. should only be triggered at 2000 (or 2200 ?) rpm so you definately have electrical issues somewhere.

Just swaped the senders over for piece of mind, and as you say buzzer @2200! So I guess all is well so far as sparky stuff is concerned !

[Ian Hulley]

Just swaped the senders over for piece of mind, and as you say buzzer @2200! So I guess all is well so far as sparky stuff is concerned !

Kind of does doesn't it .....

[Plasticman]

you still have zero confirmation of your actual oil pressure , beg /borrow a wet gauge and check it then you can end this constant speculation
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[KINGPRAWN]

[quote="metalmick8y"]you still have zero confirmation of your actual oil pressure , beg /borrow a wet gauge and check it then you can end this constant speculation
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Thanks but I do have one and it agrees with my VDO gauge!

[Plasticman]

ah you never aluded to that, so you can confirm that your vdo matches the wet gauge which is the important way round
seems a problem then
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[KINGPRAWN]

ah you never aluded to that, so you can confirm that your vdo matches the wet gauge which is the important way round
seems a problem then
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Yeh... But IS it a problem!.... It seems my options are to check/change bearings and/or the oil pump???
as my oil pressure when cold is almost 5 bar could just thicker oil or an oil cooler( additional one) be a long term short term fix???