RE: [DML] Oil Pressure Weirdness

["Scott McMullan" <mcmullas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: therealdmcvegas
> To help determine which kind you
> use, check either the Owners Manual, or the back archives.

You are joking here, right?
The owner's manual and the tech manual disagree, and specify a wide range of
possible oils to use.
Every time the topic of oil weight comes up here, it sparks the closest
thing to a flame war I ever see in this community.

> Now, if you want to know if you have the original sending unit
> installed, look at you oil pressure gague. Durring idle, the needle
> occasionally clicking between a few PSI is normal. But if you've got
> the incompatable/uncalibrated sending unit from the factory, you'll
> see the needle violently bouce all over the place, and almost
> constantly. Rev the motor up higher than idle, and the needle almost
> always pegs out @ 80PSI. From you previous description, it sounds
> like it's already been replaced.

I'm not sure I can draw the same conclusion from my observations.  My needle
is NOT erratic or jumpy, and rarely goes above 5.6 (80 on yours).

> From: David Teitelbaum

> Some things to check first.
[...]
> check the oil level when the car is cold, on level ground.

Checks out OK.

> Next make sure that the wire is
> securely attached to the sender unit and is not caught, frayed, or
> otherwise damaged.

Will do, thanks

> and use a known, good mechanical pressure gauge to make sure the motor
> is OK.

Don't have the equipment or knowledge, but this is on the list for the next
time it's in the shop; overdue for a 30k service.

> should have the Perflux installed even though it costs a little more

did that, I heard this message loud and clear very early on.


Thanks for the responses.
--Scott




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