Questions tagged [oil-pressure]
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EPC light and P164B low oil pressure at high RPM EA888 1.8 2.0 TSI TFSI 4000 RPM limit
With warm oil, at highway speeds, while overtaking, my car turned the EPC light ON on the dashboard and limited my ability to accelerate the engine past 4000 RPM. After turning the car off and on ...
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Can fuel dilution significantly lower oil pressure?
Low oil pressure light flashes at idle when the engine is warm. It doesn't do that when the engine is cold and it flashes more frequently the warmer the engine gets. The light doesn't flash or isn't ...
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2011 Silverado gasoline V8 low oil pressure after 30 minutes
2011 Chevrolet Silverado LTZ with 5.3L V8 and about 150,000 miles.
After driving about 30 minutes, oil pressure falls and an alarm goes off and a message shows saying to stop the engine. This truck is ...
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Should oil pressure ever go down with increased RPM?
I have a Rotax engine which, when the oil is cold, shows a mild pressure drop when the rpms increase.
Here's a video which shows it happening. The oil pressure is shown in the top right gauge, and the ...
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Low Oil Pressure in Cub Cadet ZT1 42" with Kohler 7000
I have a Cub Cadet ZT1 42" zero-turn mower. Last month, just after my mower was two years old, a quart of oil was on my garage floor. The shop I bought it from replaced the transmission under ...
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Oil pressure low
Once every couple of days random I get a warning message stating low oil pressure that comes on and goes of just as quick as you can read it. Any thoughts on what this could be causing this. I drive a ...
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O-ring on oil pickup tube
I have an 06 Silverado 5.3. The o-ring on the oil pickup tube has been going bad . I've been driving it with some ticking from the lifters which goes away after warmed up and pressure comes up. Until ...
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Does OBD-II have any means for reporting current oil pressure?
I recently had the low oil pressure warning light come on in my car. After letting the engine cool down, the warning was gone and I was able to drive home (which was just a few km) with no issues. I ...
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2004 Dodge Ram 1500 5.7 Liter Hemi 4x4 Automatic cranks, but won't start
I was driving 2004 Dodge Ram 1500 5.7 Liter Hemi 4x4 Automatic and it just died on me as I was going down the road, before I could get it parked, so I put it into neutral and I tried to start it ...
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Oil pressure to high?
So last night I did a oil change on my 2005 Chevy Silverado 1500 and I put 15w40 in because it’s over 230000 miles and that’s what my mechanic told me to And the oil pressure is around 60, should I be ...
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Car oil pressure gauge flips between 0 and 100%
My 2005 Chevy Tahoe has an Oil Pressure gauge. The needle usually sits to the far right on a value of 80. Recently it's started randomly dropping to 0 and as expected, the car's oil pressure alarm ...
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Toyota Tundra oil pressure
I have a new-to-me 2013 Tundra. When I first start it and when the engine is under load, the oil pressure gauge goes up pretty significantly. It doesn't go to 3/4, but maybe 5/8 or a little more.
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Oil Pressure Warning Light on Fiat Ducato
I just bought a 2010 Fiat Ducato Maxi Multijet 120 manual transmission. On the way home going up the mountain when I would shift gears the engine oil pressure warning light would momentarily go on ...
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Desperate for help on low engine oil light 2010 Tiguan
In August 2019, someone hit and totaled my 2005 Toyota Corolla. I purchased a used 2010 Tiguan. From day 0 it has had issues. I drove the car home but as I got off the highway it screamed and flashed ...
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How long before failure of engine due to no oil pressure? [closed]
Old BMW Engines in the 1990s (Engine code M52tu, M54, S52) have a problem where the nut holding the oil pump gear vibrates off with sustained at high RPM (e.g. on a track). The consequence of this is ...
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Low oil pressure but no light?
I drive a Citroen c3 2017.
My car recently came up with a message on the screen saying low oil pressure, however the light hasn’t come on? I did however stall at the time but could someone advise if ...
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How to diagnose potential damage done after driving for 6k with half the oil?
My brother got a 2007 RAM 1500 4.7L with 96000 miles on it. He drove 6k miles on it over the past 6 months, without changing oil. Oil was level when he got it. Obviously, it was not smart of him to ...
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Rough idling, car stalling in cold, won't start at all after filled up with fuel?
Having a bit of an issue with my 2009 Nissan Pixo - the car stalls intermittently after it's just been started up (it's fine after it has been running for a while though), and it won't start at all ...
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My new car was driven almost 100 miles without oil
I took my 2019 Mazda CX5 Turbo into a Mazda dealer for it's first 5,000 mile maintenance and while driving back to my town noticed that the check oil light was on. I called the service department and ...
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oil light flash while pressing gas
I have Hyundai i30 2008, i have changed crankshaft sensor 1 week ago.
two days ago i start hearing some noise from motor while in idle and also while moving.
Today the check engine light turned on and ...
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Oill pressure fluctuations on 1989 Chevrolet S10
I have a 1989 S10 blazer with a 4.3l V6. I was having some overheating issues for the last few weeks . The good folks here helped me diagnose it as a burnt out fan clutch. I thought that the oil ...
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2007 explorer oil light coming on at idle
I have a 2007 explorer with a 4.0 liter engine with about 182000 miles. At idle( looks like about 550 rpm) the oil light will come on, but the engine sounds normal. as soon as I give it some gas (...
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Oil Pressure Light On a 2015 Passat
After changing my oil recently the oil pressure light came on and I would hear some clunking noises coming from the engine bay. As soon as the light comes on (takes a couple of seconds) I turn the ...
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Oil pressure level
Yesterday the oil pressure light beeped on my car suddenly as i was driving and my engine seized up, causing me to have to leave it by the side of the road. An hour later, me being unexperienced and ...
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Motorcycle Engine Test Without Oil
This weekend I finished my engine rebuild so I tried to run it, after a few tries I was gone check the oil pressure on engine head bolt and not even a drop. I had run the engine sometimes but not ...
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Oil pressure light stays on for 4-5 seconds after cold start
I own a Suzuki Swift diesel. When I start the car in the morning during first time in the day, the oil pressure light stays on for 4-5 seconds after engine has started. Also when I restart the car ...
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Engine oil light stays on for 4-5 seconds during cold start
I own Suzuki swift diesel. When I start the car in morning for the first time in day, the engine oil light stays on for 4-5 seconds after engine has started and then goes off and never comes back ...
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Are mutliple oil and filter changes necessary to 'clean' an engine?
I was having low oil pressure issues on my 2007 VW Jetta.
The oil pump filter was dirty because the previous owner didn't did the minimum oil changes. I took it to a mechanic and he did an oil ...
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What are the benefits of a dry sump?
I've heard references to dry sumps, usually in reference to racing engines. But more recently I came across an article about a 'supercar' which stated that it had a dry sump.
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2000 Vw passat 1.8l oil is in radiator
I have a 2000 VW Passat GLS 1.8l and it has oil in the radiator reservoir. and my Oil light says oil compression low. i flushed the radiator and found oil in it again, (the radiator overflow) it ...
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What would be better for an engine driving at 60mph or 70mph? I wish to get the most miles out of my engine?
At 60mph my engine revs at 2800RPM and at 70 it's 3200RPM. My qustion is which condition would give the most miles from my engine.
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What are the effects of excessive oil changes on an oil pump? (read description)
I would like to know what the effects on an oil pump are when oil is changed.
Obviously after changing the oil filter the engine will run dry without oil pressure for the first few seconds while oil ...
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Erratic Oil pressure in a 2005 Chev 2500HD with 6 litre gas engine
Bought truck in April. about one month later oil pressure would drop to zero and warning message would display Low Oil pressure and warning chimes would go off. Local GM dealer tested with mechanical ...
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