Still Hi Oil Pressure
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Still Hi Oil Pressure
Got a '96 Cherokee I6 with 114K miles, running synthetic oil and after a
little while the oil pressure gauge jumps around from 40 to over 80.
Sometimes it settles down, sometimes not. I've changed the oil filter and
replaced the oil, nothing shows up on the magnetic plug. I've cleaned the
contacts at the oil pressure sensor, didn't help. Any suggestions on what I
should try next? Thanks.
--Rocky
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little while the oil pressure gauge jumps around from 40 to over 80.
Sometimes it settles down, sometimes not. I've changed the oil filter and
replaced the oil, nothing shows up on the magnetic plug. I've cleaned the
contacts at the oil pressure sensor, didn't help. Any suggestions on what I
should try next? Thanks.
--Rocky
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Re: Still Hi Oil Pressure
Temporarily install a mechanical gauge to find out the true oil pressure.
It is possible your cleaned sender is defective or dying but don't just
replace it without knowing the actual pressure output.. Many autoparts
stores will lend/lease you a mechanical gauge with a small deposit.
Oil pressure gauges acting oddly are not unusual..... check the pressure
with a mechanical gauge first.
"Rocky LaRochelle" <rockylarochelle@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:C002D902.1E931%rockylarochelle@gmail.com...
> Got a '96 Cherokee I6 with 114K miles, running synthetic oil and after a
> little while the oil pressure gauge jumps around from 40 to over 80.
> Sometimes it settles down, sometimes not. I've changed the oil filter and
> replaced the oil, nothing shows up on the magnetic plug. I've cleaned the
> contacts at the oil pressure sensor, didn't help. Any suggestions on what
> I
> should try next? Thanks.
> --Rocky
> (rockylarochelle)spam(@)(gmail.com)
>
It is possible your cleaned sender is defective or dying but don't just
replace it without knowing the actual pressure output.. Many autoparts
stores will lend/lease you a mechanical gauge with a small deposit.
Oil pressure gauges acting oddly are not unusual..... check the pressure
with a mechanical gauge first.
"Rocky LaRochelle" <rockylarochelle@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:C002D902.1E931%rockylarochelle@gmail.com...
> Got a '96 Cherokee I6 with 114K miles, running synthetic oil and after a
> little while the oil pressure gauge jumps around from 40 to over 80.
> Sometimes it settles down, sometimes not. I've changed the oil filter and
> replaced the oil, nothing shows up on the magnetic plug. I've cleaned the
> contacts at the oil pressure sensor, didn't help. Any suggestions on what
> I
> should try next? Thanks.
> --Rocky
> (rockylarochelle)spam(@)(gmail.com)
>
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Re: Still Hi Oil Pressure
Temporarily install a mechanical gauge to find out the true oil pressure.
It is possible your cleaned sender is defective or dying but don't just
replace it without knowing the actual pressure output.. Many autoparts
stores will lend/lease you a mechanical gauge with a small deposit.
Oil pressure gauges acting oddly are not unusual..... check the pressure
with a mechanical gauge first.
"Rocky LaRochelle" <rockylarochelle@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:C002D902.1E931%rockylarochelle@gmail.com...
> Got a '96 Cherokee I6 with 114K miles, running synthetic oil and after a
> little while the oil pressure gauge jumps around from 40 to over 80.
> Sometimes it settles down, sometimes not. I've changed the oil filter and
> replaced the oil, nothing shows up on the magnetic plug. I've cleaned the
> contacts at the oil pressure sensor, didn't help. Any suggestions on what
> I
> should try next? Thanks.
> --Rocky
> (rockylarochelle)spam(@)(gmail.com)
>
It is possible your cleaned sender is defective or dying but don't just
replace it without knowing the actual pressure output.. Many autoparts
stores will lend/lease you a mechanical gauge with a small deposit.
Oil pressure gauges acting oddly are not unusual..... check the pressure
with a mechanical gauge first.
"Rocky LaRochelle" <rockylarochelle@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:C002D902.1E931%rockylarochelle@gmail.com...
> Got a '96 Cherokee I6 with 114K miles, running synthetic oil and after a
> little while the oil pressure gauge jumps around from 40 to over 80.
> Sometimes it settles down, sometimes not. I've changed the oil filter and
> replaced the oil, nothing shows up on the magnetic plug. I've cleaned the
> contacts at the oil pressure sensor, didn't help. Any suggestions on what
> I
> should try next? Thanks.
> --Rocky
> (rockylarochelle)spam(@)(gmail.com)
>
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Re: Still Hi Oil Pressure
Temporarily install a mechanical gauge to find out the true oil pressure.
It is possible your cleaned sender is defective or dying but don't just
replace it without knowing the actual pressure output.. Many autoparts
stores will lend/lease you a mechanical gauge with a small deposit.
Oil pressure gauges acting oddly are not unusual..... check the pressure
with a mechanical gauge first.
"Rocky LaRochelle" <rockylarochelle@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:C002D902.1E931%rockylarochelle@gmail.com...
> Got a '96 Cherokee I6 with 114K miles, running synthetic oil and after a
> little while the oil pressure gauge jumps around from 40 to over 80.
> Sometimes it settles down, sometimes not. I've changed the oil filter and
> replaced the oil, nothing shows up on the magnetic plug. I've cleaned the
> contacts at the oil pressure sensor, didn't help. Any suggestions on what
> I
> should try next? Thanks.
> --Rocky
> (rockylarochelle)spam(@)(gmail.com)
>
It is possible your cleaned sender is defective or dying but don't just
replace it without knowing the actual pressure output.. Many autoparts
stores will lend/lease you a mechanical gauge with a small deposit.
Oil pressure gauges acting oddly are not unusual..... check the pressure
with a mechanical gauge first.
"Rocky LaRochelle" <rockylarochelle@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:C002D902.1E931%rockylarochelle@gmail.com...
> Got a '96 Cherokee I6 with 114K miles, running synthetic oil and after a
> little while the oil pressure gauge jumps around from 40 to over 80.
> Sometimes it settles down, sometimes not. I've changed the oil filter and
> replaced the oil, nothing shows up on the magnetic plug. I've cleaned the
> contacts at the oil pressure sensor, didn't help. Any suggestions on what
> I
> should try next? Thanks.
> --Rocky
> (rockylarochelle)spam(@)(gmail.com)
>
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Re: Still Hi Oil Pressure
Rocky LaRochelle wrote:
> Got a '96 Cherokee I6 with 114K miles, running synthetic oil and after a
> little while the oil pressure gauge jumps around from 40 to over 80.
> Sometimes it settles down, sometimes not. I've changed the oil filter and
> replaced the oil, nothing shows up on the magnetic plug. I've cleaned the
> contacts at the oil pressure sensor, didn't help. Any suggestions on what I
> should try next? Thanks.
> --Rocky
> (rockylarochelle)spam(@)(gmail.com)
>
Mine did this too until I replaced the sender... this involves unpluging
the wire from the top unscrewing the sender, and replacing it with the
new one in kind... in other words it's easier than an oil change.
--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein
> Got a '96 Cherokee I6 with 114K miles, running synthetic oil and after a
> little while the oil pressure gauge jumps around from 40 to over 80.
> Sometimes it settles down, sometimes not. I've changed the oil filter and
> replaced the oil, nothing shows up on the magnetic plug. I've cleaned the
> contacts at the oil pressure sensor, didn't help. Any suggestions on what I
> should try next? Thanks.
> --Rocky
> (rockylarochelle)spam(@)(gmail.com)
>
Mine did this too until I replaced the sender... this involves unpluging
the wire from the top unscrewing the sender, and replacing it with the
new one in kind... in other words it's easier than an oil change.
--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein
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Re: Still Hi Oil Pressure
Rocky LaRochelle wrote:
> Got a '96 Cherokee I6 with 114K miles, running synthetic oil and after a
> little while the oil pressure gauge jumps around from 40 to over 80.
> Sometimes it settles down, sometimes not. I've changed the oil filter and
> replaced the oil, nothing shows up on the magnetic plug. I've cleaned the
> contacts at the oil pressure sensor, didn't help. Any suggestions on what I
> should try next? Thanks.
> --Rocky
> (rockylarochelle)spam(@)(gmail.com)
>
Mine did this too until I replaced the sender... this involves unpluging
the wire from the top unscrewing the sender, and replacing it with the
new one in kind... in other words it's easier than an oil change.
--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein
> Got a '96 Cherokee I6 with 114K miles, running synthetic oil and after a
> little while the oil pressure gauge jumps around from 40 to over 80.
> Sometimes it settles down, sometimes not. I've changed the oil filter and
> replaced the oil, nothing shows up on the magnetic plug. I've cleaned the
> contacts at the oil pressure sensor, didn't help. Any suggestions on what I
> should try next? Thanks.
> --Rocky
> (rockylarochelle)spam(@)(gmail.com)
>
Mine did this too until I replaced the sender... this involves unpluging
the wire from the top unscrewing the sender, and replacing it with the
new one in kind... in other words it's easier than an oil change.
--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein
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Re: Still Hi Oil Pressure
Rocky LaRochelle wrote:
> Got a '96 Cherokee I6 with 114K miles, running synthetic oil and after a
> little while the oil pressure gauge jumps around from 40 to over 80.
> Sometimes it settles down, sometimes not. I've changed the oil filter and
> replaced the oil, nothing shows up on the magnetic plug. I've cleaned the
> contacts at the oil pressure sensor, didn't help. Any suggestions on what I
> should try next? Thanks.
> --Rocky
> (rockylarochelle)spam(@)(gmail.com)
>
Mine did this too until I replaced the sender... this involves unpluging
the wire from the top unscrewing the sender, and replacing it with the
new one in kind... in other words it's easier than an oil change.
--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein
> Got a '96 Cherokee I6 with 114K miles, running synthetic oil and after a
> little while the oil pressure gauge jumps around from 40 to over 80.
> Sometimes it settles down, sometimes not. I've changed the oil filter and
> replaced the oil, nothing shows up on the magnetic plug. I've cleaned the
> contacts at the oil pressure sensor, didn't help. Any suggestions on what I
> should try next? Thanks.
> --Rocky
> (rockylarochelle)spam(@)(gmail.com)
>
Mine did this too until I replaced the sender... this involves unpluging
the wire from the top unscrewing the sender, and replacing it with the
new one in kind... in other words it's easier than an oil change.
--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein
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Re: Still Hi Oil Pressure
On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 20:41:38 -0800, Rocky LaRochelle
<rockylarochelle@gmail.com> wrote:
>Got a '96 Cherokee I6 with 114K miles, running synthetic oil and after a
>little while the oil pressure gauge jumps around from 40 to over 80.
>Sometimes it settles down, sometimes not. I've changed the oil filter and
>replaced the oil, nothing shows up on the magnetic plug. I've cleaned the
>contacts at the oil pressure sensor, didn't help. Any suggestions on what I
>should try next? Thanks.
>--Rocky
>(rockylarochelle)spam(@)(gmail.com)
Probably a bad sending unit, mine did the same thing (97 Cherokee)
Still it wouldn't be a bad idea to double check with a mechanical unit
as well.
Drifter
"I've been here, I've been there..."
<rockylarochelle@gmail.com> wrote:
>Got a '96 Cherokee I6 with 114K miles, running synthetic oil and after a
>little while the oil pressure gauge jumps around from 40 to over 80.
>Sometimes it settles down, sometimes not. I've changed the oil filter and
>replaced the oil, nothing shows up on the magnetic plug. I've cleaned the
>contacts at the oil pressure sensor, didn't help. Any suggestions on what I
>should try next? Thanks.
>--Rocky
>(rockylarochelle)spam(@)(gmail.com)
Probably a bad sending unit, mine did the same thing (97 Cherokee)
Still it wouldn't be a bad idea to double check with a mechanical unit
as well.
Drifter
"I've been here, I've been there..."
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Re: Still Hi Oil Pressure
On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 20:41:38 -0800, Rocky LaRochelle
<rockylarochelle@gmail.com> wrote:
>Got a '96 Cherokee I6 with 114K miles, running synthetic oil and after a
>little while the oil pressure gauge jumps around from 40 to over 80.
>Sometimes it settles down, sometimes not. I've changed the oil filter and
>replaced the oil, nothing shows up on the magnetic plug. I've cleaned the
>contacts at the oil pressure sensor, didn't help. Any suggestions on what I
>should try next? Thanks.
>--Rocky
>(rockylarochelle)spam(@)(gmail.com)
Probably a bad sending unit, mine did the same thing (97 Cherokee)
Still it wouldn't be a bad idea to double check with a mechanical unit
as well.
Drifter
"I've been here, I've been there..."
<rockylarochelle@gmail.com> wrote:
>Got a '96 Cherokee I6 with 114K miles, running synthetic oil and after a
>little while the oil pressure gauge jumps around from 40 to over 80.
>Sometimes it settles down, sometimes not. I've changed the oil filter and
>replaced the oil, nothing shows up on the magnetic plug. I've cleaned the
>contacts at the oil pressure sensor, didn't help. Any suggestions on what I
>should try next? Thanks.
>--Rocky
>(rockylarochelle)spam(@)(gmail.com)
Probably a bad sending unit, mine did the same thing (97 Cherokee)
Still it wouldn't be a bad idea to double check with a mechanical unit
as well.
Drifter
"I've been here, I've been there..."
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Re: Still Hi Oil Pressure
On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 20:41:38 -0800, Rocky LaRochelle
<rockylarochelle@gmail.com> wrote:
>Got a '96 Cherokee I6 with 114K miles, running synthetic oil and after a
>little while the oil pressure gauge jumps around from 40 to over 80.
>Sometimes it settles down, sometimes not. I've changed the oil filter and
>replaced the oil, nothing shows up on the magnetic plug. I've cleaned the
>contacts at the oil pressure sensor, didn't help. Any suggestions on what I
>should try next? Thanks.
>--Rocky
>(rockylarochelle)spam(@)(gmail.com)
Probably a bad sending unit, mine did the same thing (97 Cherokee)
Still it wouldn't be a bad idea to double check with a mechanical unit
as well.
Drifter
"I've been here, I've been there..."
<rockylarochelle@gmail.com> wrote:
>Got a '96 Cherokee I6 with 114K miles, running synthetic oil and after a
>little while the oil pressure gauge jumps around from 40 to over 80.
>Sometimes it settles down, sometimes not. I've changed the oil filter and
>replaced the oil, nothing shows up on the magnetic plug. I've cleaned the
>contacts at the oil pressure sensor, didn't help. Any suggestions on what I
>should try next? Thanks.
>--Rocky
>(rockylarochelle)spam(@)(gmail.com)
Probably a bad sending unit, mine did the same thing (97 Cherokee)
Still it wouldn't be a bad idea to double check with a mechanical unit
as well.
Drifter
"I've been here, I've been there..."
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