Extremely HIGH OIL PRESSURE!
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Extremely HIGH OIL PRESSURE!
I noticed today that my oil pressure was sitting over 110 psi. What could cause this, we just put a clutch in and it wasn't liek that before I put the clutch in. Wondering if I left out a ground. Broke something! Any Ideas?
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It worked perfectly before, just hang around 30 psi on normal driving I beileve. Now if i turn the car off, it like goes past the bottom line, when i turn the car on w/o engine running it shoots all the way past the top line, and stays there until i take key out of ignition.
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2GSLSE has the right idea, your gauge sounds like it's doing what it's sopposed to be doing.Your wire is either pinched ,shorted, broken or just came off, or it could be just a coincident that the oil sender chose this time to go out. By the way 30 lbs is low under normal driving (say freeway speed) 60-70 lbs is normal.
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the eaziest way to check is to turn the ign. on observe the needle position go out and unplug the wire from the sender, then check gauge, if the needle sweeps down or up then your wire is OK and your gauge is probably good as well. I'd replace the sender, if the needle stays then trace the wire back as far as you can looking for a short. Once you get get your gauge fixed, if you still show low pressure it could be a sign that the sender was going out, I'd put a mechanical pressure gauge on just to make sure that your oil press. is where it should be. You could this while you have your sender out , you don't to overlook a possible mechanical problem.
hope this helps.
hope this helps.
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