low oil pressure??

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james1100

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• Aug 12, 2006

• #1

i have recently bought a 96 calibra turbo, i have left it stood for 4 weeks,
when i left it the car had good oil pressure (4-5 bar on start up and 2-3 on
warm idle) but now i have started it and guage reads over 5 bar but the oil
light is on? it goes out with a rev but comes back on at idle. help!!!

 

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SnoMan

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• Aug 12, 2006

• #2

On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 15:05:46 GMT, "james1100" <u25222@uwe> wrote:

>i have recently bought a 96 calibra turbo, i have left it stood for 4 weeks,
>when i left it the car had good oil pressure (4-5 bar on start up and 2-3 on
>warm idle) but now i have started it and guage reads over 5 bar but the oil
>light is on? it goes out with a rev but comes back on at idle. help!!!


Do a manual pressure check with a gage, you may have a bad sending
unit.
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Mike Romain

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• Aug 12, 2006

• #3

I would start by cleaning the connection on the sending unit.

Mike
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james1100 wrote:
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> i have recently bought a 96 calibra turbo, i have left it stood for 4 weeks,
> when i left it the car had good oil pressure (4-5 bar on start up and 2-3 on
> warm idle) but now i have started it and guage reads over 5 bar but the oil
> light is on? it goes out with a rev but comes back on at idle. help!!!