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Wierd oil problem
I may be getting into this one a bit late, but what I think what folks are
trying to say is that they've had experience where the buzzer/light problem
is probably not necessarily due to actual low oil pressure.
That being said you should not have actual low oil pressure after a rebuild
provided you know your oil pump is sound. Do you know if they replaced the
oil pump when they did the rebuild? My guess is not...
Also, replacing an oil pressure sensor is typically outside the scope of an
engine rebuild unless you specifically asked them to replace it.
I would replace the sensor and recondition the connection to eliminate those
two options and go from there...
HTH, JT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Smith" <smithma7@yahoo.com>
To: "ATS - Patrick Bureau" <txrocco@sbcglobal.net>
Cc: "car" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 9:22 AM
Subject: RE: Wierd oil problem
> Well, considering that the engine was just rebuilt, should I still be
getting low oil pressure? That blink/buzzer combo has been with me for
years and in fact, I rarely even notice them. At any rate, my question
still stands: Should I still be getting low oil pressure after an entire
engine rebuild? If not, then the sensor should be bad, correct? If it's
good and I'm having this problem, then no matter what props this shop gets,
I'll not be taking my car there anymore. As regards the shop, I'll not
throw the name out there as I don't wish to tarnish their rep if it's not
something that they did wrong, but I'm sure that almost everyone on the list
has a video clip with one of their cars in it. I do and I got the vid from
Marc in Quebec.
>
> ATS - Patrick Bureau <txrocco@sbcglobal.net> wrote:blinking oil lamp
indicates Low oil Pressure, not low oil level
>
>
> ATS - Patrick Bureau - txrocco@sbcglobal.net
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Smith [mailto:smithma7@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 8:59 AM
> To: ATS - Patrick Bureau
> Cc: car
> Subject: RE: Wierd oil problem
>
>
> Well, after reading this, let me throw this out there: My oil light
blinks constantly. It's supposed to blink when oil is low, right? (I don't
really know :) I always figured I had a bad sensor somewhere and the car
just thought it was always low on oil. Now, you're saying that it probably
means a bad oil pump? I'm pretty sure this is an item that was replaced
when my engine was rebuilt as they had issues with finding metal in the oil.
>
> Lost, Mike
>
> ATS - Patrick Bureau <txrocco@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Last time I had an intermitent oil light issue I was running 10w40 and
> someone suggested I used 20w50, and when I switched the oil light stayed
one
> permanently, so I changed my oil pump. solved the problem...then again it
> had over 150K miles on it.
>
> maybe it's time to simply change the oil pump.?
>
> ATS - Patrick Bureau - txrocco@sbcglobal.net
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>
> =>-----Original Message-----
> =>From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> =>[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of L F
> =>Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 6:51 PM
> =>To: Cmr446@cs.com; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> =>Subject: Re: Wierd oil problem
> =>
> =>
> =>Try going with 20w-50 full syn.
> =>
> =>I've read that >30 points difference between the first number and
> =>the second is NOT a good idea.
> =>
> =>Larry
> => ----- Original Message -----
> => From: Cmr446@cs.com
> => To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> => Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 1:28 AM
> => Subject: Re: Wierd oil problem
> =>
> =>
> => txrocco@sbcglobal.net writes:
> => >
> => > you using 20w50 ?
> => >
> =>
> => Nope, 5w50 full synth.
> =>
> => robw_z@yahoo.com writes:
> => > What is tipping you off to that it isn't picking up oil?
> =>When the engine
> => > turns, assuming all is well with the intermediate shaft and
> =>gears, the oil
> => > pump has no choice but to turn also. It could be a screwed
> =>up pressure-relief
> => > valve but that would be odd since your pump is new.
> => >
> => > -Rob
> =>
> => Ah, forgot to mention that the oil light stays on after the
> =>engine is
> => running, hydro lifters clattering. It does this only after the
> =>car has sat for at
> => least 12 hours. Just about anything less and the light goes
> =>out as soon as
> => the motor kicks in, everything sounds normal.
> => About the only thing I can think of off hand is maybe the
> =>backflow or
> => check valve in the filter is weak, allowing the oil to seep
> =>back into the pan.
> =>
> => Carl
> => 77rocco
> => 03vue
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