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 Dash lights coming on!!
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trancer
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 11:12 am

i took my car for a trip up swansea today and for some reason when i was waiting in the trafic lights, the oil pressuer light and a few others where flickering on and off, it stops if i rev the car,

any ideas Question
Neal
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 11:22 am

got enough oil in it? Razz
trancer
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 11:24 am

yep Rolling Eyes
Dan
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 12:45 pm

could be low oil pressure? in which your engine is fooked, as its too late when the light comes on
trancer
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 1:27 pm

the engine was mint, iv only just rebiult the top end, it was off ebay, the guy said it only did 50k, and he had all the papers with it
trancer
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 1:29 pm

could it not be a faulty oil pressure switch, or a dodgy connection, i dont think the engine is fooked, it running really well apart from the dash lights and its hard to start from cold Confused
schakal
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 3:27 pm

i believe your car is the 1.8 8v MPI version ,not the 16v . and with the f3p engines ,the oil pressure gauge only shows when you turn the ignition on and goes back right down when you start the engine up unlike a 16v model
so i do not think your engine is fucked ,must be some other electrical problem
trancer
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 4:23 pm

il have to do a check in the morning, il change the oil pressure switch first to see if that helps, il also change the CTS
srr
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 10:27 am

Let me know how that works out trancer Wink
I've also got an 1.8 8v F3P engine and the oil pressure gauge doesnt show anything.
And it has recently been to a service station so its not low oil level Smile
trancer
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 11:30 am

ok here is an update, i checked the oil pressure sensor and it was coverd in oil, so i put one in from the oold engine and that sorted the problem. Laughing
mals
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 11:31 am

whaaay haay sorted
srr
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 11:38 am

can you post a pic of the location of the oil pressure sensor ? Embarassed
trancer
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 11:54 am

check out the sensor in the red round circle

Image Laughing
srr
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 12:12 pm

Thanks Cool
Damn, i want my engine to look like that Laughing
schakal
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 12:31 pm

told you there is nothing wrong with the engine Cool
Chris H
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Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 1:03 am

oil cooler as well, fancy pants! lol
trancer
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Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:59 am

the only thing is these engine seem to run very hot, iv seen a few of them with blown expansion tanks Confused
schakal
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Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 3:20 am

i dont think mine is running hot ,it never missed the 2nd notch ,sits there nicely .how hot does yours run?
trancer
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Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 1:17 pm

whenever i stop the car the fan comes on, it on most of the time
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