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Jeremy / Simon
Well that's a higher pressure than my gauge shows.
Cold idle is 1/3, Cold >2000rpm not quite 2/3rds
Warm idle is a little off the bottom, Warm >2000rpm is just over 1/3
Seriously hot idle shows zero!
On the other hand it's been that way for the last 5 years / 65k miles,
and oil consumption is nil unless I really hammer it, so I've stopped
worrying.
I know the dashboard oil pressure gauges are notoriously inaccurate, so
I think one should start worrying when behaviour changes in any way,
rather than about any - supposed - absolute values.
Christopher Bell
Jeremy wrote:
| The gauge showing what it does seems pretty normal to me. I too would
appreciate thoughts from others.
Simon wrote:
| Hi All
| As Julian knows my 93/94 TLC VX must be due some work and one of the
issues I have to address is the big end change. I have noticed that the
oil pressure has dropped slightly and the old girl is using a small
amount of oil maybe a pint between oil changes? The pressure never
dropped below half way mark even when idling but now it drops to the
lower third line and when really flogged on idle it just drops below the
line. Response when blipping the throttle is good though and when cold
it is at the upper third line until warm when it drops to mid point
during a good run at say 2k rpm. No noise from engine is evident (hard
to hear over the noise from the fuel pump but that is another story) and
no traces of metal when changing the oil. What is the consensus from
the members as to what we old TLCers should be looking out for?
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Well that's a higher pressure than my gauge shows.
Cold idle is 1/3, Cold >2000rpm not quite 2/3rds
Warm idle is a little off the bottom, Warm >2000rpm is just over 1/3
Seriously hot idle shows zero!
On the other hand it's been that way for the last 5 years / 65k miles,
and oil consumption is nil unless I really hammer it, so I've stopped
worrying.
I know the dashboard oil pressure gauges are notoriously inaccurate, so
I think one should start worrying when behaviour changes in any way,
rather than about any - supposed - absolute values.
Christopher Bell
Jeremy wrote:
| The gauge showing what it does seems pretty normal to me. I too would
appreciate thoughts from others.
Simon wrote:
| Hi All
| As Julian knows my 93/94 TLC VX must be due some work and one of the
issues I have to address is the big end change. I have noticed that the
oil pressure has dropped slightly and the old girl is using a small
amount of oil maybe a pint between oil changes? The pressure never
dropped below half way mark even when idling but now it drops to the
lower third line and when really flogged on idle it just drops below the
line. Response when blipping the throttle is good though and when cold
it is at the upper third line until warm when it drops to mid point
during a good run at say 2k rpm. No noise from engine is evident (hard
to hear over the noise from the fuel pump but that is another story) and
no traces of metal when changing the oil. What is the consensus from
the members as to what we old TLCers should be looking out for?
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