Cause of high oil pressure?

jaymac

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What would cause a reading on the stock gauge to go from dead center all day, every day, to roughly 3/4 the way up now, whether at idle or at highway RPMs?
Where should I start looking/ should I even be concerned?
It is a 95 T-bird w/ 81,000 miles and no engine mods.

 

sgarlic

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Sending unit probably taking a crap. If not that, then you blew the motor. *bump* for you.

 

jaymac

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wouldn't there be more drastic symptoms of a blown motor?

 

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I think if you blew the engine you would have drop in oil pressure.

 

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The stock guage is not good for much. Check oil with the dipstick to see if it is at the correct level. I would not worry for one second about this if I were you. If you really want to know your actual oil pressure, you will need to install a real guage.

 

xseler8

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check or replace sending unit 1st

 

DBMSTNG

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it's just the gauge. it really doesn't indicate how much pressure there is, it just tells you if there is pressure. it's like a yes or no gauge.

 

03ghoststang

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DBMSTNG said:

it's just the gauge. it really doesn't indicate how much pressure there is, it just tells you if there is pressure. it's like a yes or no gauge.

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:Word: thats all it pretty much tells you either you got pressure or you dont

 

sgarlic

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1) I was joking about the blown motor.

2) I believe t-birds have real gauges, not the fake ones like we have.

 

DBMSTNG

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sgarlic said:

1) I was joking about the blown motor.

2) I believe t-birds have real gauges, not the fake ones like we have.

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if it were real, it wouldn't stay dead center all the time. my SVT Focus has a real oil pressure gauge from the factory. the pressure rises when you go WOT. oil pressure fluctuates with RPM.

 

xseler8

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Iv'e been cursed. I replied to this thread and now my oil pressure gauge is stuck at full reading..was at 3/4's. So, I ordered a sending unit(plug)

 

sgarlic

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Ahh.. missed the part about it staying dead center every day. Like I said anyway in my first post, the sender should help you.