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I have rebuilt my EF i6 recently and have fitted a reground cam with shims and a high volume oil pump among other things.
I ran it in on Penrite 15w-40 runing in oil and changed it out for Penrite HPR10w-50 at 200kms. Until recently the oil pressure at idle was just below half way on the guage. When revving it sat close to but not at the top. Has done 5500kms since rebuild and now after about 5 minutes of running it creeps toward the top of the guage and stays there? I plan to drop the oil this weekend and change the filter but is there anything else that could have caused this? Other than possible oil starvation to the top end, can this be damaging to anything else?
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your oil sender needs to be replaced. I had a similar issue after I did a build. did n't replace the sender and it went a bit haywire. Put a mechanical gauge on it and see what it reads. If that gets the same result, then yeah you have an issue.
I would put money on the sender needing replacement though.
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dc_todd wrote: your oil sender needs to be replaced. I had a similar issue after I did a build. did n't replace the sender and it went a bit haywire. Put a mechanical gauge on it and see what it reads. If that gets the same result, then yeah you have an issue. I would put money on the sender needing replacement though. Brand new Tridon sender, replaced nearly everything I could. Cost me a fortune  This has been a consideration though. Cheers
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Oil pressure relief valve re-assembled correctly? Have heard that doing it wrong can prevent the pressure being relieved, so it keeps building.
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Put a mechanical gauge on there to test if it is working or an oil pressure issue though.
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efxr6wagon wrote: Oil pressure relief valve re-assembled correctly? Have heard that doing it wrong can prevent the pressure being relieved, so it keeps building. Yeah, I almost missed this when I was assembling the engine. Fitted a new one correctly and installed new O-ring. Might have to invest in an Oil Pressure guage.
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EFFUTURA4.05SP wrote: dc_todd wrote: your oil sender needs to be replaced. I had a similar issue after I did a build. did n't replace the sender and it went a bit haywire. Put a mechanical gauge on it and see what it reads. If that gets the same result, then yeah you have an issue. I would put money on the sender needing replacement though. Brand new Tridon sender, replaced nearly everything I could. Cost me a fortune This has been a consideration though. Cheers Did you replace the sender before the issue or after? Some senders work in opposite ways! |
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BAWITHLOT wrote: EFFUTURA4.05SP wrote: dc_todd wrote: your oil sender needs to be replaced. I had a similar issue after I did a build. did n't replace the sender and it went a bit haywire. Put a mechanical gauge on it and see what it reads. If that gets the same result, then yeah you have an issue. I would put money on the sender needing replacement though. Brand new Tridon sender, replaced nearly everything I could. Cost me a fortune This has been a consideration though. Cheers Did you replace the sender before the issue or after? Some senders work in opposite ways! It was replaced when I rebuilt the motor.
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I think you have bought the wrong sensor as the resistance range may be different!
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BAWITHLOT wrote: I think you have bought the wrong sensor as the resistance range may be different! No I dont think so. It was good when it first went in just lately. I still havn't ruled out the filter being blocked as I am flat broke ATM. I cant even afford to throw some new oil in her  .It doesn't help the oil I like (Penrite HPR10) has gone up in price by $10 becausse it has gone to a fully synthetic 
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So I bit the bullit and changed the Oil and Filter but the oil pressure is still reading very high (same as before).
Looks like I will have to order a new sender and claim this one as faulty.
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pull it out, and make sure its clean, check it has no crap in the end that could be providing the false reading. Its free to do that at least. May be fouled, possible a piece of gasket goop or someother debris has found its way in?
Take it out inspect and clean in petrol or similar.
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dc_todd wrote: pull it out, and make sure its clean, check it has no crap in the end that could be providing the false reading. Its free to do that at least. May be fouled, possible a piece of gasket goop or someother debris has found its way in? Take it out inspect and clean in petrol or similar. Will do. Not that it matters too much as I got it from work and it wont be a hassle to swap it over. At least I can drive my car now knowing it doesn't have a blocked filter.
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