Oil Gauge On Red Light...

[KLowN]

hey guys,

just today i noticed that my oil gauge is constantly on 0-0.5 when i start the car, and the red lights on, until about 5 minutes after the cars been running, then it just shoots up to about 2 and the lights goes off....

what do you make of this? is it serious or not?

also, without sounding too much like a cock, what does this gauge indicate and how can i fix the problem :

my cars a 89 R32 RB20DET

any help would be much appreciated

thanks alot, steve

Edited June 13, 2006 by KLowN

[TurboX]

UH-OH!! Sounds just like my RB20 that is currently just had the crank and rods replaced because the countersunk screws in the back of the oil pump had come right out.

Then again it COULD be the sender but dont procrastinate, get the true oil pressure checked with another gauge/sender or you could be hearing that clattering noise noone could diagnose accuratly on my RB20DET because it would come and go intermittently.

Yes it could have been a lifter but is WAS NOT!

[KLowN]

...your kidding tho....right?

[KLowN]

ok, update.

i just took it for another drive.

when the car starts up, the oil light is on.

after about 15 seconds, the oil gauge goes up to 1.8

it remains there for the rest of the drive.

is 1.8 a normal level for oil pressure?

PLEASE HELP I ONLY BOUGHT THIS CAR ON SATURDAY AND THE PROBLEMS ARE ENDLESS.

[KLowN]

just called cypher....apparently 1.8 is very low oil pressure, and the engine may be on its way out......

f**k.

note to self: dont trust anyone selling a car.

[GTAHH]

Yeah mate, even if gauge is faulty the red light wont come on unless it actually has no oil pressure. But it saying that the sender could be stuffed completely.

Does the engine sound rattley while the light is on?

Blow smoke?

Use any oil?

Basically stop driving it and check it out immediatley you might be lucky that no damage is done....yet

Edited June 13, 2006 by GTAHH

[KLowN]

just got back from cypher

big end bearing knock

0 oil pressure

rattling on acceleration.

red light now stays on all the time.

bottom end is gone.

[Mark-R33]

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[Paradizzle]

^^ agreed, the guy who sold you the car is a rat.

[KLowN]

mm....the worst part is, if id only been told about whats wrong with the car, i would not have bought it, as this all happened during my uni exams, leaving me to find alternate ways to get there on time, and too busy worrying about my car/being pissed off, to study

thats life i guess.....

[Paradizzle]

Confront the guy who sold you the car, if the guy had any decency he would have not sold the car like that or advertised it that it had a problem. Turn that problem around onto him, fist by fist.

[Marlboro Reds]

just wanted to ask you guys

is it normal for an r32 oil gauge light on when the engine is off??

cause my oil gauge lights up whenever engine is off

and the oil gauge light goes off whenever engine is on

is this normal guys? help would be much appreciated

cheers

Edited June 26, 2006 by Marlboro Reds

[ToF]

just wanted to ask you guys

is it normal for an r32 oil gauge light on when the engine is off??

cause my oil gauge lights up whenever engine is off

and the oil gauge light goes off whenever engine is on

is this normal guys? help would be much appreciated

cheers

Of course that's normal. How can the car have oil pressure when the motors not running? :sorcerer: