JAFO
Registered User
A couple of times in the last 2 days my red "check gage" (why did they spell it like that?) light in the tach has come on and I notice my oil pressure gauge has dropped to about nothing. This only lasts a few seconds to a minute. Then it picks up and the light turns off. Plenty of oil and just changed it 2-3 weeks ago. Is this a common problem? No electrical problems evident, and since the light comes on when the gauge drops, I'm assuming it's really not pumping oil for those few seconds, not some other glich.
EDIT: BTW, this is normal driving, no boost, no higher than 3000 RPM. RPM isn't a factor, just cuts out. The oil pressure gauge doesn't dip all the way to the red, just to the most extreme left at the end of the green where the green line is vertical. Doesn't drop below that. Watched it go up and the light turned off at the same time.
*I am also doing a search for prev posts, but I want to make sure the symptoms are the same. Most I've seen are about a dead gauge all together or this problem under boost.
EDIT: BTW, this is normal driving, no boost, no higher than 3000 RPM. RPM isn't a factor, just cuts out. The oil pressure gauge doesn't dip all the way to the red, just to the most extreme left at the end of the green where the green line is vertical. Doesn't drop below that. Watched it go up and the light turned off at the same time.
*I am also doing a search for prev posts, but I want to make sure the symptoms are the same. Most I've seen are about a dead gauge all together or this problem under boost.
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