Engine oil pressure
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Engine oil pressure
Hello there. I was driving my mk1 yesterday and oil pressure when moving is in the normal, just over half way mark. When idling I noticed it starts dropping, to like 1/3, is this normal?
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Re: Engine oil pressure
Thanks pal, I've only just had the car and it's my first mk1. Think I'm more in love with it than my girlfriend.
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Engine oil pressure
Mine is just over half when idling and between the 2 bigger marks when driving (about 2/3 of the way up).
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Engine oil pressure
Oh dear it's getting worse. It's fine when driving along and about half way on the guage, but when at idle it's now 1/7th to 1/8th and the engine wants to stall so I rev it to keep going. All level is fine. Is the engine probably tired and in need of replacement? How tricky will it be to find the fault?
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Engine oil pressure
what revs is it ticking over at ? If it wants to stall it sounds too low. Remember oil pressure is related to engine revs to some extent, which is why it drops on idle. If you're at 500rpm on idle then the first thing is to set that up properly.
Generally speaking, if you've got plenty of pressure at say 2000revs then you should be ok. If not, as you've only just got the car the first thing I'd do would be to do an oil/filter change and see if it made any difference.
Generally speaking, if you've got plenty of pressure at say 2000revs then you should be ok. If not, as you've only just got the car the first thing I'd do would be to do an oil/filter change and see if it made any difference.
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Just put the car through the MOT and it failed on brake discs rear and a caliper, also massive hole in exhaust down pipe, thought it just made that excellent sound as standard! Got them fixed, while they were doing the work I also went for the oil and filter change too as you recommended. Oil pressure much better now, stays above 1/3 on idle and upto 2/3 driving, thank's for the advice. Makes me wonder if the guy who sold it to me was actually telling the truth about virtually not using the car for two years.
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Engine oil pressure
Mate your best ignoring the guage, its so irregular that half the time it means nothing, altho itf its low on the guage its worth checking the oil lever. That about it tho.