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tighten the oil pedestreal nuts too much? my oil pressure reads 130!!!

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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 09:41 PM
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tighten the oil pedestreal nuts too much? my oil pressure reads 130!!!

i dont know what the hell i did, but now my car reads 130 on the oil pressure gauge it was reading fine until i tighten the 2 nuts on the bottom of the oil pedestreal too MUCH!!! **** i put new orings too like 2 days ago, i hope i didnt **** them, i unscrew them a lil bit but the oil temperature was still at 130. what do u guys think i shoudl do? the needle when the car is turned off read below 0 so like -10. this just happend like 4 hours ago so i dont know since i unscrewed them alil maybe ill be fine tomorrow?
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 09:59 PM
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check your oil pressure sensor and make sure you didnt ground it out thats what i did. its a no brainer.
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 10:43 PM
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how did u grounded out? like how do u fix it?
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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 11:23 PM
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the sensor wire on my car likes to fall off everyonce in a while... it's a simple hook up.. but for some reason, my plug is old/worn and doesnt hold on very well, sometimes causeing my oil P to read as low as 10 lbs. when it is correctly attached a get a healthy 105 psi at 3000

I've done the oil pellet mod and must say it's great.
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Old Sep 17, 2003 | 11:00 AM
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come on guys , have nay idea what i could do to test the oil pressure regulator or if its maybe the o rings?
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Old Sep 17, 2003 | 01:00 PM
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There is NO way overtightening the oil filter pedestal can affect the oil pressure readings - this is why you're not getting any useful responses.&nbsp The exception is if you pinched a wire somewhere or knock the oil pressure sensor around will messing around with the oil filter pedestal.&nbsp Whatever the case, you screwed something up so why don't you double check your work?


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Old Sep 17, 2003 | 01:52 PM
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my oil pressure auge doesnt even work, its hooked up, but does that mean its bad? i got no oil leaks
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Old Sep 17, 2003 | 01:57 PM
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my oil pressure auge doesnt even work, its hooked up, but does that mean its bad? i got no oil leaks
Have you cleaned the contact surfaces? A lot of the time oil gets spilled on there during oil changes.
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Old Sep 17, 2003 | 02:28 PM
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Dont try and mess with it when the car is running, ....it zaps the **** outta you. Hurts like a bitch....
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Old Sep 17, 2003 | 02:58 PM
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hahhahaha. **** how do i grounded again. i know everything is perfect i hitted like mad bumps before this happened going like 20 mph instead of 10 and i heard a noise liek it hit some kind of metal.. so maybe i hit something on the bottom and since i dont have anything protecting the engine on the bottom. maybe something underneath is disconected??? any input?
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Old Sep 17, 2003 | 03:12 PM
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when it is correctly attached a get a healthy 105 psi at 3000

Yikes normal 105 psi? maybe when cold, but I believe the mazda spec is 60 psi at 3000 rpms, mine stays about 60-70 from 3k on up
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Old Sep 17, 2003 | 04:29 PM
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I just fixed it iM TRU ROTARY MECHANIC!! ****!! THANx all of you guys for answering to all my ghey threads and thanx black rx7 for not flaming me
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Old Sep 17, 2003 | 04:32 PM
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Why would I flame You?
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Old Sep 17, 2003 | 04:39 PM
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tru . thanx though im thinking it would be a good idea to buy that resistor that goes under the right bolt on the slave cylinder cuz it broke off while doing teh rebuild nad i never bought it. also i should buy the oill level sensor which i broke off too =( to reduce the chances of the oil pressure wire to ground out
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