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Question for the engine guru's



it is time for an oil change so I will step up the oil weight.

trying to get the $$ together for a 2.0 16V swap, so I just need to
keep it running for a couple of months and I drive it about 100 miles
a week

On 8/3/05, GREG DUNN <greggearhead@adelphia.net> wrote:
> 
> Sounds like the motor is getting older.  What weight oil are you running?
> Might be time to run one step thicker oil.  Like 20W50.
> 
> That, or test your oil pressure control unit and pressure senders.  Break
> out the bentley.  I have had them go bad, but usually the alarm would go off
> OVER 2000rpm, so it is easy to know something was screwy.
> 
> gd
> ____________________________________________
> 88 16V with about 160K on the motor.
> lately after highway driving or city driving once the temp on the car
> comes to normal the oil light will come on once I drop below 3K rpms
> and will turn off once back over 3K not just driving rpm's I can just
> tap the throttle to get it over 3K and it will stop.
> 
> there is enough oil in the car.
> 
> so I am stumped.
> 
>