Date:         Mon, 7 May 2007 08:07:18 -0700
Reply-To:     David Kao <dtkao0205@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         David Kao <dtkao0205@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: oil pressure
Comments: To: Thomas Pfrommer <pfrommer@phas.ubc.ca>
In-Reply-To:  <463EC815.6040108@phas.ubc.ca>
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--- Thomas Pfrommer <pfrommer@phas.ubc.ca> wrote:

> Hi David,
> thanks for your reply. Hm could be the water pump, even though I do not
> hear any noise. The engine just sounds great! One thing is after
> replacing the temperature sender, the water temperature rises until
> almost above the location of the red light, before the fan kicks in and
> levels it there. If I recall right, before the engine failure, the fan
> kicked in when the reading was before the red light location was
> touched. Could be that the water gets somehow too hot and the engine is
> just too hot, getting the oil too thin and the pressure drops to a too
> low level.

Thomas:

That's very strange. My temperature gauge never shoot up then drop back down like
that. It always moves up to the center of the gauge fast within one or two miles of
driving then stays there. The cooling fan never gets started until I run into a
traffic jam for a few minutes. The temperature gauge only moves higher after getting
into a trafic jam but it still stays clear from red line. It's time to check your
thermostat.

David



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