Pigeonrat9
29-07-06, 02:26 PM
Quick question, guys...my oil pressure gauge on my SR dash is playing up, just wondered if anyone had any ideas. The gauge always used to go straight to the top of the scale when starting the engine from cold, and would gradually drop to just under halfway at idle as the engine warmed up.
Just lately though, regardless of whether it's started from hot or cold, it's only moved up just beyond the red and stayed there. After about 15 minutes driving it suddenly leaps to the top of the gauge and from then on works perfectly as it used to - about a third of the way up at idle, and at the top of the gauge at anything above 2000rpm. I don't know what "dislodges" it and makes it start to work properly, heat, vibration, whatever, but it's more likely to dislodge itself sooner on a bumpy road!
I've changed the clocks for a spare set and it still does exactly the same thing, so am I right in thinking the oil pressure sender is just sticking a bit after the engine is started, or is it something more worrying to do with the oil pressure? As I say, after 15 minutes it's usually working fine again...
Any help would be much appreciated.
Cheers,
Paul.
Just lately though, regardless of whether it's started from hot or cold, it's only moved up just beyond the red and stayed there. After about 15 minutes driving it suddenly leaps to the top of the gauge and from then on works perfectly as it used to - about a third of the way up at idle, and at the top of the gauge at anything above 2000rpm. I don't know what "dislodges" it and makes it start to work properly, heat, vibration, whatever, but it's more likely to dislodge itself sooner on a bumpy road!
I've changed the clocks for a spare set and it still does exactly the same thing, so am I right in thinking the oil pressure sender is just sticking a bit after the engine is started, or is it something more worrying to do with the oil pressure? As I say, after 15 minutes it's usually working fine again...
Any help would be much appreciated.
Cheers,
Paul.