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August 12th 06, 04:05 PM
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low oil pressure??
i have recently bought a 96 calibra turbo, i have left it stood for 4 weeks,
when i left it the car had good oil pressure (4-5 bar on start up and 2-3 on warm idle) but now i have started it and guage reads over 5 bar but the oil light is on? it goes out with a rev but comes back on at idle. help!!! 
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August 12th 06, 04:14 PM
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low oil pressure??
On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 15:05:46 GMT, "james1100" <u25222@uwe> wrote:
>i have recently bought a 96 calibra turbo, i have left it stood for 4 weeks, >when i left it the car had good oil pressure (4-5 bar on start up and 2-3 on >warm idle) but now i have started it and guage reads over 5 bar but the oil >light is on? it goes out with a rev but comes back on at idle. help!!! Do a manual pressure check with a gage, you may have a bad sending unit. ----------------- TheSnoMan.com
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August 12th 06, 05:05 PM
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low oil pressure??
I would start by cleaning the connection on the sending unit.
Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view! Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590 (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page) james1100 wrote: > > i have recently bought a 96 calibra turbo, i have left it stood for 4 weeks, > when i left it the car had good oil pressure (4-5 bar on start up and 2-3 on > warm idle) but now i have started it and guage reads over 5 bar but the oil > light is on? it goes out with a rev but comes back on at idle. help!!!
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