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The expensive test method. Posted by Ari [Email] (#2847) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Ari) on Sat, 6 Jan 2001 14:37:54 In Reply to: oil pressure light, bryan [Profile/Gallery] , Fri, 5 Jan 2001 07:55:28 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
If you've been driving the car with the oil pressure light on, then it's probably the sender. I say that because running an engine under load with no oil pressure will destroy it in a few minutes. The light comes on at something like 7 or 9 psi, and that's not enough to keep the bearings from being destroyed if you're at anything above idle.
Nevertheless, have the oil pressure checked. It should be around 30 or more psi at 2500 rpm. I've had the oil pressure sender fail on me before, and another posssiblity is the wire from the oil pressure sender is rubbing and shorting. But since driving the car with no/low oil pressure means destroying the engine, get it checked now!
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