Oil Pressure Quiz
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Oil Pressure Quiz
(Disclaimer: I've already fixed this problem! I'm posting here for the other 2 million Bonneville owners that have had wacky oil pressure readings at one time or another......)
OK, here'* the deal with the used motor that I put in my '98 a couple of weeks ago that I got from a '98 SSE that got the worst end of the deal in its battle with a telephone pole:
Oil pressure gauge reads 50psi at idle and cruising. Quick acceleration, however, drops the gauge immediately into The Red Zone. Bad. Engine speed goes up, oil pressure goes down; engine speed goes down, oil pressure goes UP. WTF?
Oil pressure switch is brand new. So, Peanut Gallery............what'* the diagnosis?
OK, here'* the deal with the used motor that I put in my '98 a couple of weeks ago that I got from a '98 SSE that got the worst end of the deal in its battle with a telephone pole:
Oil pressure gauge reads 50psi at idle and cruising. Quick acceleration, however, drops the gauge immediately into The Red Zone. Bad. Engine speed goes up, oil pressure goes down; engine speed goes down, oil pressure goes UP. WTF?
Oil pressure switch is brand new. So, Peanut Gallery............what'* the diagnosis?
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Pickup tube not on completely sucking in air?? Or something bloacking the screen? Like a piece of teh low oil level sensor??
or
Problem with oil drainging backing the engine?? (probally not unless it was really gummed up)
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Problem with oil drainging backing the engine?? (probally not unless it was really gummed up)