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trancer
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Sat Jun 11, 2005 11:12 am |
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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,
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Neal
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Joined: 18 Feb 2004
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Sat Jun 11, 2005 11:22 am |
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got enough oil in it?  |
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trancer
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Sat Jun 11, 2005 11:24 am |
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yep  |
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Dan
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Sat Jun 11, 2005 12:45 pm |
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could be low oil pressure? in which your engine is fooked, as its too late when the light comes on |
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trancer
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Sat Jun 11, 2005 1:27 pm |
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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 |
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trancer
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Sat Jun 11, 2005 1:29 pm |
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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  |
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schakal
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Sat Jun 11, 2005 3:27 pm |
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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 |
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trancer
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Sat Jun 11, 2005 4:23 pm |
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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 |
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srr
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Joined: 02 Dec 2004
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Sun Jun 12, 2005 10:27 am |
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Let me know how that works out trancer 
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  |
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trancer
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Sun Jun 12, 2005 11:30 am |
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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.  |
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mals
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Sun Jun 12, 2005 11:31 am |
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srr
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Sun Jun 12, 2005 11:38 am |
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can you post a pic of the location of the oil pressure sensor ?  |
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trancer
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Sun Jun 12, 2005 11:54 am |
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check out the sensor in the red round circle
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srr
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Sun Jun 12, 2005 12:12 pm |
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Thanks 
Damn, i want my engine to look like that |
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schakal
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Sun Jun 12, 2005 12:31 pm |
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told you there is nothing wrong with the engine |
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Chris H
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Mon Jun 13, 2005 1:03 am |
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oil cooler as well, fancy pants! lol |
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trancer
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Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:59 am |
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the only thing is these engine seem to run very hot, iv seen a few of them with blown expansion tanks |
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schakal
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Mon Jun 13, 2005 3:20 am |
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i dont think mine is running hot ,it never missed the 2nd notch ,sits there nicely .how hot does yours run? |
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trancer
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Mon Jun 13, 2005 1:17 pm |
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whenever i stop the car the fan comes on, it on most of the time |
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