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Old Dec 1, 2002 | 07:17 PM
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for some reason my oil pressure guage is reading 70 psi when i start the car and, 129 psi while driving (plenty of oil )car runs fine just the high reading. idles at 70 psi just started this morning with the high reading
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Most likely it's a bad sender. The oil pump isn't generally capable of generating pressure that high. This has been a fairly common problem.
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thanks I thought that might be the problem off to the dealer tomorrow
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Old Dec 9, 2002 | 11:35 PM
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Just got car back with same problem. Analog and digital both pegged. Replaced oil pressure sensor and everything is fine.
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