Check to see that the oil line to the gauge is clear - if it's clogged, you won't get good readings, though I suspect that the increase with engine speed rules this out.
The clean oil is very suspicious, is the pressure relief valve seat clean? Because it moves doesn't mean that it's sealing. On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 2:39 PM, clay <redgh...@comcast.net> wrote: > I have a spare gauge set if that will help. The low warm pressure you > show is troubling with all the upgrades you did. That and the slow rate of > pressure climb when you increase RPM is not normal. Sell me the car for > $500 > > clay > > > On Apr 5, 2014, at 5:55 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > > > So I pulled the pressure relief valve, it seems to move fine, had plenty > of tension so it appears to be working as far as I can tell. Put it back > in, put pan back on, new filter, fresh diesel oil. Pressure pegs when cold. > Ran it for a bit in the driveway got it up to operating temp. See if you > can see this video below. The pressure shown at idle is with AC on FIY. I > rev it up to what I figure is about 2k-3k RPM and it pegs. Anyway, I am > not sure if anything is wrong or not, could just be low due to gauge, but I > think what is showing on the gauge in the video is at the bottom end of the > spec, if it is in fact the actual pressure. > > > > > -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listons to US citizens! "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
