[s-cars] Oil pressure issues

[calvinlc at earthlink.net]

I would be careful with this one.  It sounds like if your Autocheck system
went off and your oil pressure gauge is reading lower than normal you really
are seeing a lower pressure since these are derived from 2 different
sensors.  I would get a mechanical gauge on that car for the next time I
start it up....2 Bar is not dangerously low unless you are running at 4k and
above constantly, but there certainly is something wierd going on and you
would want to know what your exact oil pressure is before you get in and
drive it again.....low oil pressure can kill your engine lickety split.

--Calvin



-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Rich Palazzoli
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 11:18 AM
To: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: [s-cars] Oil pressure issues


Coming home from work this morning in my '93 S4 a warning censor
beeped.Couldn't tell what for because my warning indicator screen is
defunct, but did show 3 red lines across screen...Hmmm ...Then noticed my
oil pressure gauge at 2 bar.
On start up it always pegs at 5 but have never seen it at 2 under normal
driving conditions..oil level fine...Could my oil pump be going?? figured i
would see gauge fluctuate if pump has issues...am going to let engine cool
for several hours before restart to watch gauge and see if I get a 5
reading...



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Bing
93' urS4
01' A4 30vTQM
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