Triangul-8 |
04-06-2004 11:03 PM |
No Oil Pressure / Max Oil Pressure
I took delivery of my wife's anniversary present two weeks ago and gave it to her last Thursday. So Sunday, we decided to break it in a little and take a drive up to Auburn to visit friends and grab some lunch (approx 280 miles round trip) and had many interesting moments with the oil pressure gauge.
First after lunch, approx 250 miles on car, started it up and the OPG read maximum OP. So we drove on over to my friends house. When starting up again, even farther past the High level. So we head for the filling station for the top off run home, and fired it up after filling, NO OIL PRESSURE (Even after I just checked the oil level which was just fine), I immediately switched the ignition off. Restarted same NO PRESSURE, quickly switched it off again. Turned the ignition on and tapped on the instrument cluster above the gauge and it moved up in 16th inch increments each tap. I then started it and the gauge moved slightly past the mid point and stayed there for the entire trip home. Since that trip we have driven the car only once which yielded one normal OP reading going out and one NO PRESSURE reading on the way home. I phoned the dealership I purchased the auto from and they couldn't tell me if the car had a replaceable gauge, or the whole instrument cluster replacement. ???
What I hate most is having a tech monkeying around in the interior finding his way on my wife's new ride. We keep the car in a climate controlled garage, and while there it will be left out in the weather for the rotors to rust and the exterior of the car left for chance with all of the other cars to ding. I am taking pictures of the interior and exterior of the auto with the service writer at time of drop off for diagnosis. ANAL, I know, but I admit it.
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