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 Oil Pressure
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simonds1
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:43 am

I topped up my oil yesterday, she's right up on max on the dipstick. When I first start the car, the oil pressure is right up near the top. Just been for a 20 min drive, came back and sat idling on my driveway I thought my oil pressure was rather low??......

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Is it normal for it to be this low? Not sure if I've ever seen it that low before. Am probably worrying about nothing, but just thought I'd ask. If I blip the throttle a bit, it'll rise up a bit & come back down to that y'know. That's normal tho innit.
Chris H
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:53 am

thats fine at hot idle
simonds1
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:57 am

Legend. What I was hoping to hear Very Happy
Xvisor
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 12:37 pm

Very much true chris, although i would say the engine temp looks quite high for a 20 minute drive! Was the fan running at the point of taking the pic??
simonds1
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 1:18 pm

Well I'd been driving for about an hour & a half earlier on in the day......then parked in the sun at mates house for about an hour, then 20 min drive home. It was probably more than a 20 min drive actually lol. But yeah, never had any temp problems with the car and yeah the fan did come on when I was parked in drive. Was running whule I went inside to get me camera etc too.
Xvisor
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 1:26 pm

Oke then it'll be oke Wink you just can't be sure right? It wouldn't like to see it overheating.
JB
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:33 am

dont matter how long u have been driving for it shouldnt go that high.
huwwatkins
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:04 am

New thermostat Wink
pringe
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Joined: 28 Dec 2004
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:16 am

did the trick on mine, though chris has said that the guages err on the side of caution with their readings!
Valver Boy
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Joined: 09 Mar 2005
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:38 am

mines been reaching that sort of temp after a fair bit of driving....had thermostat changed when HG was done about 4-5month ago...it always has done before the HG change and after Confused any suggestions??
pringe
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:50 am

flush system, remove rad and flush through the fins for dirt / dead insects etc. when i did my HG and removed the piping i saw just how much crap there was inside them...a goold ol' spring clean helped a bit, but the thermo did most of the work.
Valver Boy
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 11:11 am

nice1 pringe iwere thinkin bout doin it gota change oil soon so mites aswell do both...i jus get really paranoid wen the temp starts rising...it was a costly experiance the first time round Evil or Very Mad
JB
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 1:03 am

well i wouldnt be happy driving round with theneedle there imo
Valver Boy
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 5:58 am

i know wat u mean but it dosnt constantly reach that temp but worrys me wen it does mine kinda sits pretty under that line.....like wher the fuel one in the pic is sittin!!!
schakal
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 6:13 am

should not the red light come up as well when the neddle is up there ??
looks quite hot comparing with my 8v 1.8 SPI ,but mine does this when i sit in traffic for 5mins and the fan kicks in ,seen the red light come up a few times as well
JB
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 6:17 am

nah red light dont come on til its almost vertical
schakal
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 6:29 am

must be something wrong with my gauge than ,i have seen it a few times just after it reached that 3rd line
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