I had similar behavior on my '96 Dodge Dakota a couple years ago when the
sender went bad. It'll make your heart jump right up into your throat! On mine
if I accelerated very slowly and didn't go over about 60mph it was okay as long
as the AC was off. After a long 150 drive back from Maine sweltering in midday
July heat I fixed it quick...
-Curt
'83 240D "Hammie" 241kmi
Message: 7
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:18:19 -0600
From: "Dave M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OM603 oil pressure question
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Marshall, Joe, et al:
Thanks for the quick replies. I figured the sending unit would be the
place to
attach a manual gauge, but I thought there would be a procedure in the
FSM with
more specs than the awfully vague TDM numbers. If my car would barely
hit 3 bar
by 3k, I'd say the motor would be junk in short order. My car idles at
1.75-2.0
hot and pegs almost anywhere off idle.
Symptoms were 0.5 bar indicated at idle, then increasing to 3bar as you
drove
off, but then dropping to zero! My BIL had it checked out today, and
got lucky.
First it was just a bad sending unit (whew!) and second the local parts
place
(dealer?) had a new one on the shelf. It's already fixed and back on
the road!
I was surprised myself at the quick TAT, since he just called me this
AM asking
how to diagnose it. I was about to have them pull the filter and check
the stuff
Marshall mentioned. This car gets M-1 or D-1, btw.
:-)
Thanks again,
Dave M.
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