So yesterday i was driving on the interstate going about 75mph. I had been driving for about 2 hours when i happened to look at the stock oil pressure gauge and it had completely dropped to 0. I imediatly pulled off the road and shut the car off. I poped the hood to check things out and everything seemed fine. The car still had full oil, no leaks, no smoking.
I poured alittle more oil in the car just to be sure. I starte the car and it started to build oil pressure agian so i got back on the road. It built oil pressure to about 50psi going 65mph then it just slowly dropped back to 0 again. I pulled off the road agian. checked things and everything still seemed fine.. I decided to jiggle the wire going to the oil pressure sender on the block incase it may have had a bad connection.
Got back in the car and oil pressure went up and i drove agian. This time the oil pressure stayed up and i reached where i was going just fine. However, now when ever iam at lower speeds it likes to drop in some pressure below what it normaly would, but not all the way to 0 like it had. Then the pressure will randomly go back up, then back down. Would this be a wiring issue with the gauge? or do i really have an oil pressure problem? There is a high pressure Toga oil pump in the car, not a stock one.
Second issue i noticed after this same trip. car is driving fine on the interstate, but as soon as i get off the exit my battery light comes on. I check my SAFC II for the Bat. voltage and it said 10.6 Volts. Shouldnt it be around 12 volts? So im not sure whats going on there for the battery light to randomly come on. When the car is off but with all electronics on the SAFC reads 12.2 volts, then when i turn my lights on it goes down to 11.5 volts. Then down to 10.6 with the car running. Voltage never dropped lower than 10.5 while driving.
I also notice that the light in the dash for the rear brakes came on at the same time the battery light came on. and both lights stayed on.
Any ideas or advice to whats going on with either issue would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, and sorry for the long post.
I poured alittle more oil in the car just to be sure. I starte the car and it started to build oil pressure agian so i got back on the road. It built oil pressure to about 50psi going 65mph then it just slowly dropped back to 0 again. I pulled off the road agian. checked things and everything still seemed fine.. I decided to jiggle the wire going to the oil pressure sender on the block incase it may have had a bad connection.
Got back in the car and oil pressure went up and i drove agian. This time the oil pressure stayed up and i reached where i was going just fine. However, now when ever iam at lower speeds it likes to drop in some pressure below what it normaly would, but not all the way to 0 like it had. Then the pressure will randomly go back up, then back down. Would this be a wiring issue with the gauge? or do i really have an oil pressure problem? There is a high pressure Toga oil pump in the car, not a stock one.
Second issue i noticed after this same trip. car is driving fine on the interstate, but as soon as i get off the exit my battery light comes on. I check my SAFC II for the Bat. voltage and it said 10.6 Volts. Shouldnt it be around 12 volts? So im not sure whats going on there for the battery light to randomly come on. When the car is off but with all electronics on the SAFC reads 12.2 volts, then when i turn my lights on it goes down to 11.5 volts. Then down to 10.6 with the car running. Voltage never dropped lower than 10.5 while driving.
I also notice that the light in the dash for the rear brakes came on at the same time the battery light came on. and both lights stayed on.
Any ideas or advice to whats going on with either issue would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, and sorry for the long post.
