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td42 oil pressure

Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 3:26 pm
by fatsogq
gday ive got a 94 4.2d rx does anybody know if oil pressure fluctuation is normal on these motors? somedays it sits just below the 4 on the gauge other days below the 1st marker on the guage,it runs fine doesnt use oil or blow smoke,275k s on the clock,was thinking it might be the oil pressure switch, i take it the switch is next to the two oil filters it has wires going into it? thanks guys

Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 7:13 pm
by Burra Boy
M8, the standard gauge is a joke. I've got a VDO gauge on mine and it shows 7 bar cold, 5 bar hot at revs and 2 bar idling. Meanwhile the standard gauge shows 2bar, no, 1 bar, no, 3 bar, no, 2 bar, no .5 bar.

I ignore the standard gauge. Do yourself a favour and get an aftermarket gauge.

BTW I've got 365000 on my engine...

Oil gauge

Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 8:15 pm
by Scuber Steve
Had the problem on a TD42 and found the sender shit its undies!!!!!!!! $50 bucks for a new sender and it sets rock hard at 3/4s. thought about a after market gauge and didn't want to look like like a try hard boy racer with dodgy crap over the dash like some bum sniffers out there!!!!!!!!!!! Only 2L snot boxes need gauges and shit so you now the is a motor in there some were!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Oil gauge

Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 9:50 pm
by its aford not a nissan
Scuber Steve wrote:Had the problem on a TD42 and found the sender shit its undies!!!!!!!! $50 bucks for a new sender and it sets rock hard at 3/4s. thought about a after market gauge and didn't want to look like like a try hard boy racer with dodgy crap over the dash like some bum sniffers out there!!!!!!!!!!! Only 2L snot boxes need gauges and shit so you now the is a motor in there some were!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
where do you get these senders for 50 bucks???

Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 7:13 am
by fatsogq
thanks fellas i'll go for the vdo guage..

oil sender

Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 10:18 pm
by Scuber Steve
I got it from carbitz in maroochydore and it was $55 to be exact. Still have the invoice.

Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 9:35 am
by fatsogq
$130 for the vdo guage and sender for patrol delivered from perth to brisbane, from aisat guages (vdo)

Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 8:11 am
by xenith
i just watch the oil light gauge not worth shit