[s-cars] Fwd: Oil Pressure Warning on Auto Check System '91 200 TQ

[patrick.anderson1 at comcast.net]

Abe, 

SJM's site has some good info on this topic. 

http://www.sjmautotechnik.com/trouble_shooting/instrument.html#oilpress 

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Abe Berman" <yellowcuda at gmail.com> 

> My buddy and I set off from Burlington, VT in his silver 91 200tq on 
> Friday and drove both these cars back from Portland, ME on Saturday 
> through the white mountains, needless to say, lots of fun. Can anyone 
> help with the question below? 
> 
> TIA, 
> 
> Abe Berman 
> 93 S4 
> 96 A4 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- 
> From: Keith Franchetti 
> Date: Nov 14, 2006 5:22 PM 
> Subject: Oil Pressure Warning on Auto Check System '91 200 TQ 
> To: Abe Berman 
> 
> 
> Can anyone help with this? Just picked up this great Pearl '91 200 
> TQ. It's a killer great car, but the oil pressure warning on the 
> autocheck system comes on between 2k and 3k rpm. Above about 2800, 
> it's on constantly, so on the highway at least it quits beeping. But 
> around town its on and off constantly. Previous owner said it's just 
> in instrument cluster gremlin, which I'm inclined to believe, as he 
> put 75k on the car and said it was a problem all along. Also, I do 
> notice the oil pressure guage tends to run a little low, e.g. mid 
> range or lower when idling, and just above midrange when engine is 
> working or revving. Could this be the pressure sender? Anyone have 
> experience with this problem? Thanks for any help. 
> 
> Keith Franchetti 
> Burlington, VT 
> 
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