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Oil pressure waaaay too high ..., happened suddenly |
SirAndy |
Dec 17 2007, 10:46 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,815 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
this morning, i had to go to a meeting in SF and the car was running fine and all was good.
then, this evening i went to pick up my GF from work and when i started the car, the oil pressure went through the roof. i have the 0-5 gauge and normally the pressure at idle is about ~2 and under full load close to 5. now i'm getting 4-5 at idle and the needle hits the stop under load. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) i checked on the oil cooler and thermostat, both work fine, supply and return line get hot/warm, so the oil is circulating in the lines. they engine sounds normal and i don't see any oil squirting out of the block anywhere. anyone know what could be wrong? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Andy PS: the motor is a '95 3.6L from a 993 ... |
purple |
Dec 20 2007, 06:58 AM
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Pigeon feeders attract me Group: Members Posts: 938 Joined: 24-July 07 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 7,942 Region Association: None |
What's bad about the oil pressure going really high?
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mudfoot76 |
Dec 20 2007, 12:40 PM
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Currently teenerless :-( Group: Members Posts: 946 Joined: 18-March 04 From: Carmel, IN Member No.: 1,814 Region Association: None |
What's bad about the oil pressure going really high? If part of the system is blocked, then either oil isn't getting to parts that need to be oiled, or it is bypassing the cooler, or..... I had bad pressure spike on my 2.0L and it literally blew out the oil filter. Puked oil all over the ground. I'd say that is bad. But hopefully Andy's problem is something (relatively) simple and just the sender is bad... |
orange914 |
Dec 20 2007, 07:52 PM
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http://5starmediaworks.com/index.html Group: Members Posts: 3,371 Joined: 26-March 05 From: Ceres, California Member No.: 3,818 Region Association: Northern California |
What's bad about the oil pressure going really high? If part of the system is blocked, then either oil isn't getting to parts that need to be oiled, or it is bypassing the cooler, or..... I had bad pressure spike on my 2.0L and it literally blew out the oil filter. Puked oil all over the ground. I'd say that is bad. But hopefully Andy's problem is something (relatively) simple and just the sender is bad... or you canblow out oil galley plugs (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) |
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