low oil pressure

[Ryan Shymanski]

can anyone help when mt car idles after it has warmed up the oil pressure is pretty low but when you drive its totaly normal nay ideas?

[Chao C. Yin]

If you are referring to your stock oil pressure gauge...then I would say its about as accurate as stock market forecasts.

[Ryan Shymanski]

yeah  but when it's low when idling and fine when driving thats not right, plus yesterday the oil light came  on, i checked the oil but it was fine.

[Chao C. Yin]

Maybe the oil pressure sensor is loose.

[Travis Merrick]

my stock oil pressure gauge does not read correct either, its a piece of shiat. in my 200@200 run you can see it is sitting at the first line, and trut me that pressure is WAY up there.

[Ryan Shymanski]

maybe i will install a new oil guage then to be sure

[Ryan Shymanski]

im talking like the needle is just above the bottem of the guage at the low point  not at the first line is that pretty normal? or is it just wrong

[Jeff Armstrong]

Mine does the same thing. At idle the pressure is very low, higher rpms the pressure rises.  From what I've read, this is normal.

[kris harry]

mine does this too with the stock gauges, dont worry, after i am on the hightway and get into the city and stop at red light my oil light flickers the oil level is fine though so dont worry about it.

[Chris Andrews]

You guys could try getting new sending units.  Or at least clean the connector's contacts.

[Jovan Ceklaj]

Lousy connector!  :x be lucky you guys can still read your oil pressure gauges.  My connector keeps popping out no matter what I try to get it to stay.  *ala Milhouse* "they're like two positively charged ions"

[Jay Drew]

Lousy connector!  :x be lucky you guys can still read your oil pressure gauges.  My connector keeps popping out no matter what I try to get it to stay.  *ala Milhouse* "they're like two positively charged ions"

mines the same way.. every time i put it back on, itl be fallen off within an hour or so already

[Chris Andrews]

Jeez, you guyz.  Replace the goddam connector already.... :roll:

Krysayk, its a  5 minute job...... cost = .50

[Mike Schmid]

Put a light coat of solder on the male side of the plug then jam the connector on.  That'll hold it... Otherwise, buy a new plug... I gotta go fix mine too, it doesn't read any oil pressure at all... I jiggled the connector and no luck so it's either all grimey or the sender is bunk.  I think I might solder the wire right onto the sender, I don't pull the engine that often and it'll just be another 30 seconds when I do anyways.  Oh well..