whats with my oil pressure
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whats with my oil pressure
ok I just changed the oil in my car and for some reason the oil pressure gauge will come close to maxing out at anything above 3000 rpms
at 2000 it will stay near 60 psi usually just right at or a tad below at 2000 rpms also it is slower to come down now that I changed the oil
this is the first time it did this in the two years I owned the car.
once I had it go past the 110 marking on the gague by prolly a 1/8 inch or so
I am using 10w-30 oil right now
was using 20w-50
also using a fram oil filter
the oil is a little high right now though
I think it is at the top of the F on the dipstick and that is the only thing I am thinking of as to why the pressure reads so high
is there any harm that could come from the oil pressure reading so high and any ideas as to what is causing this and how to fix it?
at 2000 it will stay near 60 psi usually just right at or a tad below at 2000 rpms also it is slower to come down now that I changed the oil
this is the first time it did this in the two years I owned the car.
once I had it go past the 110 marking on the gague by prolly a 1/8 inch or so
I am using 10w-30 oil right now
was using 20w-50
also using a fram oil filter
the oil is a little high right now though
I think it is at the top of the F on the dipstick and that is the only thing I am thinking of as to why the pressure reads so high
is there any harm that could come from the oil pressure reading so high and any ideas as to what is causing this and how to fix it?
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I did switch filters
I think before I was using quaker state and now it has fram in it
I doubt it is the sender for the oil pressure if anything I would think that would cause me to read low or not at all.
as for the stock oil pressure gauge I do not think it would just give up in a matter of 5 min and one oil change by this much
cruising the pressure will stay the same
when I get on it then it goes up higher then normal and will then go back down to the 60 range though it is slower then it once was
I think before I was using quaker state and now it has fram in it
I doubt it is the sender for the oil pressure if anything I would think that would cause me to read low or not at all.
as for the stock oil pressure gauge I do not think it would just give up in a matter of 5 min and one oil change by this much
cruising the pressure will stay the same
when I get on it then it goes up higher then normal and will then go back down to the 60 range though it is slower then it once was
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After the oil heats up (drive for 15 minutes), you should see 'normal' pressures. You could go WOT and see 120 instead of 3k @ 120. But yeah, when it's cold, i keep it under 4000 RPM.
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when it is cold I can idle and get 40-60
when it's warmed up it's not as bad but I can still hit 120 psi
but when I used 10w-30 before it didn't do this
when I used 20w-50 it didn't do this
the oil pressure unit
does it pick up oil pressure before or after the oil filter?
when it's warmed up it's not as bad but I can still hit 120 psi
but when I used 10w-30 before it didn't do this
when I used 20w-50 it didn't do this
the oil pressure unit
does it pick up oil pressure before or after the oil filter?
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yeah.... I kinda like what the pressure was last time
I mean I am hatting almost 110 when I get on it according to the stock gauge
cruise is the same though
and once I even looked over and saw that the oil pressure gauge whent past the top mark..... kinda don't want to blow something here
I mean I am hatting almost 110 when I get on it according to the stock gauge
cruise is the same though
and once I even looked over and saw that the oil pressure gauge whent past the top mark..... kinda don't want to blow something here
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I'd ohm check the pressure sensor if I were you and make sure it is within spec. It's common for them to go bad. Just one quick change out of it and it will normally fix the problem, if the sensor is bad, of course.
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but would the sensor really go bad over a matter of 5 min
before the oil change the readings were almost always at 60psi
if I was to rev to maybe 5000 rpms it would hit a little above but not much
now i can easily hit 110 and all that caused it was an oil change
before the oil change the readings were almost always at 60psi
if I was to rev to maybe 5000 rpms it would hit a little above but not much
now i can easily hit 110 and all that caused it was an oil change
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It would have some effect on your oil pressure, but not a lot. As I said earlier I found that the Fram and also the Pennziol filters made my oil pressure extremely high. With a fresh change of Mobile1 20W50 and a Purolater filter my pressure is about 30 at idle and reaches about 110 when the revs approach redline. With the Fram or Pennziol and Mobile1 20W50 my pressure was over the 120 mark before 4000 rpm.
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