low oil pressure??

#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!!!

#2

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

Quote:

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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#3

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

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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!!!

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