just curious on this one, but my oil pressure used to be much higher.... like 30 at idle to 60 at cruise. now it's 10 at idle and 30 at cruise. it happened one day last year when i washed the engine bay. i figured that it was just the bo-bo spade plug hooked up the the sensor but it's still not how it used to be. its been running great (carb settings aside) all this time, and now the carb is set, i got to wondering. should i have more psi? does it really matter? should i be hunting a new engine? am i paranoid?

 

since it occured when spraying high pressure water at a sensor I'd say check the sensor wiring.

 

Sometimes the sensor gets clogged up and messes up the readings. Try taking it off and cleaning it.

 

Ummm...How do you clean it? I have one that reads MASSIVLY low, and then one that leaks...I dont want to buy another one, so I was hoping to get one of these to work "decently"...Maybe I could just clean the one? The one that reads massivly low actually only reads like 3 PSI at cruise, and nothing lower than that...Then the one that leaks (makes little "oil bubbles" out from around where the wire hooks up) reads like 10 PSI at an idle, and like 25 PSI at a cruise. Im hoping that this is just a sensor problem, cause I really dont want to have to find an oil problem somewhere...

~T.J.

 

thanks ya'll! i didn't even think of cleaning the sensor. just curious, but is it gonna **** oil all over the place when i take that thing out? i don't want my apt to get honkin' mad at me. btw... manntis, you've got waaaaay too much time on your hands! you answer posts just about the time we hit 'submit reply'

 

well my pressure started going to crap a while back and it was getting ugly... 5 psi @ idle.... 40 at cruise well i yanked the pump and sure enuff it was trashed ...new pump and reg im now sitting @ 55 @ idle and 85 on the road