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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 1:16 pm 
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Hi All well sadly the LTD met its death and i just picked up a EF XR6 tickford edition this week

car is in immaculate condition only ove noticed in the past 2 days the oil pressure gauge is sitting right up on number 7 at idle it will drop a couple of lines and in the course of driving fluctuate

it was ok when i picked up th car in tuesday but since then its been playing up

could it be a pressure switch playing up?

thank again in advance plus has anyone done the conversion to trip computer in that model how easy / hard / fiddly is it any feedback welcome

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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:34 am 
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Hi this is normal you can buy another sender from ford but why waste money.. As long as the gauge doesn't drop it the red it's all ok...
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 1:44 pm 
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get another eart wire from theblock to the -Ve of the battery

had this on my au

 

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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 2:00 pm 
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most likely the sender is stuffed, or as was mentioned, a bad earth.
are all of your gauges doing stupid things or just the oil pressure?

 

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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 2:17 pm 
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just the oil pressure

and the water resivor sensor

the car yard i have purchaed the car from is willing to fix it all ofr free which is good but yeah car sles men being car sales man can somtimes be shady so its good to go in with some informed "ammo"

 

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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 3:43 pm 
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xygthoph3 wrote:
Hi this is normal you can buy another sender from ford but why waste money.. As long as the gauge doesn't drop it the red it's all ok...

if the sensor is dodgy, it may well be sending a false high pressure signal to the gauge

 

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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 5:54 pm 
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how mucuh would a new sensor cost from ford?

 

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Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:13 am 
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I have an EL Fairmont Ghia with Tickford Motor.

When I start the car, the oil pressure is up around three quarters, as you start driving, the oil pressure at idle sits just above the red. Then when you accelerate it goes up to about half way. is this normal?

Sits pretty low at idle 650rpm.

 

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Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 12:57 pm 
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EB V8 wrote:
I have an EL Fairmont Ghia with Tickford Motor.

When I start the car, the oil pressure is up around three quarters, as you start driving, the oil pressure at idle sits just above the red. Then when you accelerate it goes up to about half way. is this normal?

Sits pretty low at idle 650rpm.


yes normal

idle is should be around 750rpm

 

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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:21 pm 
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I've got an EL fairmont Ghia and had a similar problem , it use to go right down to the red on a warm day with the A/C on. In the end i tested the alternator and when the alternator is under load with A/C and everything on it was only putting out 10.5V. The internal Regulator on them die sometimes. I put a New Bosch one on and all is perfect, it sits nice and high now. Check your alternator first!

 

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