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Old 04-27-2013, 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by benzdude42 View Post
the other day i was sitting in a drive through and my car got up to about 100-105c, in need of a coolant flush, and i noticed that my oil pressure gauge was jumping up and down pretty fast. i was wondering if this means its going out or that my oil pressure is really jumping around. this is a mechanical gauge btw.
Its normal when the oil is hot to get those. I think its just mechanical vibrations not being damped out by the oil in the tube to the gauge.
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