Just scored this. Clean title, no accidents, needs baseline. Hope to connect with ONSLC at the Carolina Relic Run in April.
The sickness continues
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Nice what part of Carolina? I’m around Charlotte
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Raleigh RTP area.
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Cleared the Christmas lights, now to see why the oil pressure gauge is bottomed out. Runs strong….but next step is to check oil pressure.
same problem I'm facing at the moment. First thing to test is the operation of your gauge and sender. When earthing the connector to the sender for the gauge, I rigged up a 5w parking globe in series, even though the FSM says 3.4w—close enough. Some have even earthed it directly, but be careful as you can peg the gauge and have it jump off track.. If you earth it directly, have someone watch the gauge and disconnect before it tops out. If the needle sweeps from L to H then your gauge is fine. Next move to testing the sender, and then manually checking oil pressure with external mechanical gauge if first 2 fail.
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Excellent reference…..thanks!
Yes this is sick !, but imho the lexus rims also look nice.
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Spark plug 6, compression cylinder 6, …..etc
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Took a measure of the oil pressure by tapping through the oil pressure gauge port. Took idle reading at running temp then another reading at 3000 rpm. Looks good to me. I’ll replace oil pressure gauge.
That tab on the oil pressure gauge gets rusty or corroded. Mine fell off when I was rebuilding my engine. You could try cleaning the tab but if that doesn't work, replace it. However be aware it could be an upstream problem. My subharness for the oil pressure gauge was also corroded and had to be replaced.
I just went through this. New pressure sender solved the issue. Mine had failed with only 150,000kms on it. Very very easy job, 10 mins tops. Just remember to put a dab of Loctite 243 (blue) on 2-3 of the middle threads before winding it back in. Don't go crazy tightening either, risky with brass/alum.
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Agree, just glad actual oil pressure is fine.
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New oil pressure sensor fixed the problem….
