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critterfl1 08-03-2006 09:27 PM

Help!!!!!!!!!!!!



Sitting in the driveway at idle working on the stereo and saw the oil pressure drop to zero and will not come up.



How do I test to see if it is the transducer, the gage, or if the oil really went to 0 before my eyes. I did not get the low oil horn but it seems to run alittle rough. 86 na



thanks.



critterfl

1Revvin7 08-03-2006 09:37 PM

Verify with a mechanical gauge. Chances are its the gauge or the sensor, transducer if you want..

critterfl1 08-03-2006 09:42 PM

Where do I tap into the system with a mechanical guage????????????

cymfc3s 08-03-2006 09:42 PM

the senders go bad all the time. The pressure sender is just below the oil filter. Pull the plug off the sender, clean it a bit and check it. The oil pumps on fc's are very very stout, the senders fail all the time.

mazdaspeed7 08-03-2006 10:16 PM

if a mechanical gauge does show it as very low, it could be the front cover o-ring. Thats a relatively common failure on fc's.

j9fd3s 08-03-2006 10:56 PM

make sure its plugged in too

Keegan 08-04-2006 01:59 AM

Check that plug, it falls off on mine every so often, especially when changing the plugs. I guess it really gets knocked off then, but even so........

donhayes 08-04-2006 10:13 AM

I had that same problem one time i was driving it. Does the engine get really hot when you are driving it around? If not it might just be the grounds on the sensor. That was what my problem was.

NAFC 10-30-2006 07:32 PM


Originally Posted by donhayes' post='831363' date='Aug 4 2006, 08:13 AM

I had that same problem one time i was driving it. Does the engine get really hot when you are driving it around? If not it might just be the grounds on the sensor. That was what my problem was.



so what does it mean when it runs hot (with low or no oil pressure)?


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