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What's wrong with a light?

steknig wrote:

What's wrong with a light?

i have blown up 4 or 5 motors in my life... oil pressure light has never come on!

steknig wrote:

What's wrong with a light?

i have blown up 4 or 5 motors in my life... oil pressure light has never come on!

Put a real pressure gauge on it to see what it really doing, take back the stuipdshit gauge & ask for you money back.

What's wrong with a light??
Thay let you know that you have/don't iol pressure & your not constantly starring at it wondering what your oil's doing..

steknig wrote:

What's wrong with a light?

i have blown up 4 or 5 motors in my life... oil pressure light has never come on!

steknig wrote:

not totally true steknig....

had a toyota starlet come into work today with an oil leak.... light came on with ignition and went out after starting.

found and fixed the oil leak (filter was leaking) so desided to do oil and filter... took out sump plug and nothing came out.. not even a drop..

89_tintop wrote:

steknig wrote:

What tha????? :lol:

Hope your going to run a flush through that one.. :wink:

Put a real pressure gauge on it to see what it really doing, take back the stuipdshit gauge & ask for you money back.

What's wrong with a light??
Thay let you know that you have/don't iol pressure & your not constantly starring at it wondering what your oil's doing..

so what about my situation! - Should I be worried about high oil P?
Should I just change the guage?

BTW: (Off Topic) - My Rebuild is going to be 4WD Custom Action ... issue after next ! - I'll make sure I mention you all !

If your gauge shows 20psi with the engine off IT IS ROOTED or the sender at least... Replace them both with good quality items... Also fit a T piece so you can run the original sender to activate the idiot light.

LOL - Thats so true - I just stare at the bloody things .... But they are really pretty!!!!!!

Author:	ozhummer [ Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:53 am ]
Post subject:	Digital Oil Pressure Gauge - SCA = Crap?
I have a SCA Calibra Digital oild pressure gauge with supplied sensor. (all on a G16A Vit Originally it appears to work fine - measuring what I thought was correct readings etc.. NOW! - when the car is cold, it reads approx 100PSI, When warm I'm tooling around in the 50PSI region. When the car is off! and cold it reads 20 ish PSI My Question here is - Do you think there is smething wrong with the Sensor / Gauge or has my Brand New rebuilt engine got high oil pressure indicating a problem? My thought is the motor is not pressure sealed so how can it hold pressure over night ??? Maybe I take it back to SCA and set a new one - or should I just get a quality item to check it..?

Author:	steak_knife [ Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:59 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Digital Oil Pressure Gauge - SCA = Crap?
Put a real pressure gauge on it to see what it really doing, take back the stuipdshit gauge & ask for you money back. What's wrong with a light?? Thay let you know that you have/don't iol pressure & your not constantly starring at it wondering what your oil's doing..

Author:	ozhummer [ Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:02 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Digital Oil Pressure Gauge - SCA = Crap?
LOL - Thats so true - I just stare at the bloody things .... But they are really pretty!!!!!!

Author:	alien [ Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:10 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Digital Oil Pressure Gauge - SCA = Crap?
SCA = Super Cheap Auto = Crap.

Author:	jonno_racing [ Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:20 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Digital Oil Pressure Gauge - SCA = Crap?
steknig wrote: What's wrong with a light? i have blown up 4 or 5 motors in my life... oil pressure light has never come on!

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Author:	steak_knife [ Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:29 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Digital Oil Pressure Gauge - SCA = Crap?
jonno_racing wrote: steknig wrote: What's wrong with a light? i have blown up 4 or 5 motors in my life... oil pressure light has never come on! Cause you to busy looking at all the girl's , not your dash.. Or it could be the way you drive. If the light come's on when you turn the ing on, it's working, when it turn's off on start, you have oil pressure. Simple but highly effective.

Author:	foonji [ Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:33 am ]
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jonno_racing wrote: steknig wrote: What's wrong with a light? i have blown up 4 or 5 motors in my life... oil pressure light has never come on! and how were you treating them?

Author:	89_tintop [ Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:41 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Digital Oil Pressure Gauge - SCA = Crap?
steknig wrote: Put a real pressure gauge on it to see what it really doing, take back the stuipdshit gauge & ask for you money back. What's wrong with a light?? Thay let you know that you have/don't iol pressure & your not constantly starring at it wondering what your oil's doing.. not totally true steknig.... had a toyota starlet come into work today with an oil leak.... light came on with ignition and went out after starting. found and fixed the oil leak (filter was leaking) so desided to do oil and filter... took out sump plug and nothing came out.. not even a drop..

Author:	atari4x4 [ Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:47 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Digital Oil Pressure Gauge - SCA = Crap?
jonno_racing wrote: steknig wrote: What's wrong with a light? i have blown up 4 or 5 motors in my life... oil pressure light has never come on! & i bet not one of them suffered from low oil pressure.

Author:	steak_knife [ Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:21 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Digital Oil Pressure Gauge - SCA = Crap?
89_tintop wrote: steknig wrote: Put a real pressure gauge on it to see what it really doing, take back the stuipdshit gauge & ask for you money back. What's wrong with a light?? Thay let you know that you have/don't iol pressure & your not constantly starring at it wondering what your oil's doing.. not totally true steknig.... had a toyota starlet come into work today with an oil leak.... light came on with ignition and went out after starting. found and fixed the oil leak (filter was leaking) so desided to do oil and filter... took out sump plug and nothing came out.. not even a drop.. What tha????? Hope your going to run a flush through that one..

Author:	89_tintop [ Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:38 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Digital Oil Pressure Gauge - SCA = Crap?
steknig wrote: 89_tintop wrote: steknig wrote: Put a real pressure gauge on it to see what it really doing, take back the stuipdshit gauge & ask for you money back. What's wrong with a light?? Thay let you know that you have/don't iol pressure & your not constantly starring at it wondering what your oil's doing.. not totally true steknig.... had a toyota starlet come into work today with an oil leak.... light came on with ignition and went out after starting. found and fixed the oil leak (filter was leaking) so desided to do oil and filter... took out sump plug and nothing came out.. not even a drop.. What tha????? Hope your going to run a flush through that one.. ran some oil through it... no audible damage... its a rent a car..... avery thrashed rent a car... so they want cheap as.. he was informed of any possible damage.. but totally surprised me as he ahd driven it probably 10klm to us like that... in stop start traffic.

Author:	steak_knife [ Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:52 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Digital Oil Pressure Gauge - SCA = Crap?
Probably enough gunk built up on everything to keep it lubed. Yukky!!!

Author:	ozhummer [ Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:59 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Digital Oil Pressure Gauge - SCA = Crap?
so what about my situation! - Should I be worried about high oil P? Should I just change the guage? BTW: (Off Topic) - My Rebuild is going to be 4WD Custom Action ... issue after next ! - I'll make sure I mention you all !

Author:	steak_knife [ Wed Jun 09, 2010 11:09 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Digital Oil Pressure Gauge - SCA = Crap?
steknig wrote: Put a real pressure gauge on it to see what it really doing, take back the stuipdshit gauge & ask for you money back. What's wrong with a light?? Thay let you know that you have/don't iol pressure & your not constantly starring at it wondering what your oil's doing.. you need to find out what it's doing, especially with a new eng..

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Author:	want33s [ Wed Jun 09, 2010 11:14 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Digital Oil Pressure Gauge - SCA = Crap?
ozhummer wrote: so what about my situation! - Should I be worried about high oil P? Should I just change the guage? If your gauge shows 20psi with the engine off IT IS ROOTED or the sender at least... Replace them both with good quality items... Also fit a T piece so you can run the original sender to activate the idiot light. ozhummer wrote: BTW: (Off Topic) - My Rebuild is going to be 4WD Custom Action ... issue after next ! - I'll make sure I mention you all ! You can mention AusZookers all you like but I bet they won't publish any of it..

Author:	fordem [ Wed Jun 09, 2010 4:56 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Digital Oil Pressure Gauge - SCA = Crap?
want33s wrote: If your gauge shows 20psi with the engine off IT IS ROOTED or the sender at least... Replace them both with good quality items... Also fit a T piece so you can run the original sender to activate the idiot light. I'd agree with this advice - and add a few words more ... Try not to hang too large a stack of fittings off of the block - the brass fatigues & breaks because of vibration. You'd be better off mounting the T to the frame somewhere and running a few inches of copper line to the oil pressure port - don't forget to loop the line a couple of times to allow for engine movement. Also - consider using an analogue gauge - sure digital gauges are flashy and high tech, but you have to focus on them & read the numbers to know what it says, with an analogue gauge, you can see the angle of the needle at a glance, and that tells you you're safe, or you need to take a closer look.

Author:	removed1 [ Thu Jun 10, 2010 12:02 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Digital Oil Pressure Gauge - SCA = Crap?
ozhummer wrote: LOL - Thats so true - I just stare at the bloody things .... But they are really pretty!!!!!! thats what happened when the dick driving a Silvia smashed up my rear at night when i stopped at a Zebra crossing to let people cross... Their good only in the right hands... I also worked for SCA - Goldcross Cycles and the company as a whole is hopeless!!!