oil pressure reading high
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From: North Shore Mass
Car: 1992 GTA
Engine: L98 T.P.I. Stock
Transmission: 700r4
oil pressure reading high
My oil pressure gauge reads 60 or past 60 with any kind of throttle. If its warm and idleing at a stoplight it comes down to 30 any hint of gas pedal it shoots up to 60. Is it the sending unit or a serious problem?
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From: Il
Car: 1989-92 FORMULA350 305 92 Hawkclone
Engine: 4++,350 & 305 CIs
Transmission: 700R4 4800 vig 18th700R4 t56 ZF6 T5
Axle/Gears: 3.70 9"ford alum chunk,dana44,9bolt
Re: oil pressure reading high
Put a mechanical gauge on it and retest, if oil psi is normal, replace the sending unit.
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Car: 1990 Firebird
Engine: 350 TBI
Transmission: T5
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Re: oil pressure reading high
Mine does this exact same thing. I never bothered to verify with a different gauge though since the oil pressure sensors in these cars have a history of not being the most accurate things.
Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 12,218
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From: Il
Car: 1989-92 FORMULA350 305 92 Hawkclone
Engine: 4++,350 & 305 CIs
Transmission: 700R4 4800 vig 18th700R4 t56 ZF6 T5
Axle/Gears: 3.70 9"ford alum chunk,dana44,9bolt
Re: oil pressure reading high
Sending units are fairly cheap, I normaly just replace them to check them
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From: North Shore Mass
Car: 1992 GTA
Engine: L98 T.P.I. Stock
Transmission: 700r4
Re: oil pressure reading high
thanks guys. I figured it was the sending unit becuase my car runs great and doesn't burn any oil.
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