Re: Oil Pressure Light

[Tom Watters <tomwatters@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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If when you pulled the old sensor, If there was a lot of sludge on it,
you man need to clean the hole out a bit with a few Q-tips.  We had a
318 in a truck that had run penzoil for about 200,000 miles and the
light wouldnt go out even with a new sensor.  Pushing the sludge out of
the way with a Q-tip fixed the problem. 

If you set the idle to 700 or 750 the problem may go away.  

As you suggest, A guage will tell you what the pressure really is.  On
my Plymouth, my 440's oil light comes on at 20lbs of pressure.  Without
the OP guage, I wouldnt know that.  At idle it is generally about 25-35,
depending on engine temp.

If it were summer, maybe going straight 30 Wt or 20/50 might help, but
with winter coming, 10/40 would be better.  I thought that Oil Viscosity
has an effect on your pressure also...

--Tom

On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 21:22:31 -0400, "Don Hudson" <mopar4me@xxxxxxxxxxx>
said:

> To answer Bob's question, idle speed is about 600 RPM or so.
>  Re: Dodger's comments - I cannot anwer if the motor is rebuilt or a 40
>  yo
> original.  The motor is a 273 2 barrel; it's quite clean with virtually
> no
> oil, dirt, etc.  It is painted Street Hemi Orange with black valve covers
> (done before I obtained the car)  The previous owner thinks it might have
> been rebuilt but can't confirm it.  Guess a gauge is the next step.
> Don
Tom
65 Dart GT 'vert
68 Plymouth 'vert
Las Vegas, NV

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