Oil Pressure Quirk in 90Q20V

[Perry, Chris]

Sounds OK to me _IF_ it is when the car cold.  After it warms up, it should
idle just above 1 bar.  The 5 bar under load sounds right.

On my car, an 89 90q 2.3L 10v 162K miles, the lifters will get noisy if I
let the oil get about 1/4 quart low. It will also start to tick if let to
sit and idle for more than say 3 minutes.  Once I rev it up a little, the
ticking goes away.  I'm sure my lifters are a little tired by now so I am
planning on replacing them soon.

HTH, 
Chris Perry

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From: isham-research.freeserve.co.uk at pop.pol.net.uk

>> Started my wife's 90 to warm it up.  Went out to start driving and it had
>> developed a "tick."  Quite a loud ticking (maybe a bad lifter?) and also,
>> the oil pressure guage had moved up to about 3 Bar, and then when I put
it
>> in gear and drove it moved to 5 Bar.  So only when it is under load does
the
>> pressure move up, but 3 sounds a little high for idle, correct?

> That all sounds perfectly normal to me, after living with a 90Q20V
> for 5 years.....

3 bar at idle on an old 20V sounds like a clogged oil filter.

--
 Phil Payne