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Low oil pressure?
Hello,
I have recently purchased a 1983 280GE fully done up with a complete AMG kit imported from Germany. After a long one hour traffic drive I realized that when in drive and stopped at a light my oil light comes on. I can then put it in Neutral and the oil light comes off. The bar reads at approx. 1 and the 1.5 in neutral. Is this normal...my oil was just changed by the dealership and has 10W40. The motor supposedly has 83,000KMS original kilometers. Help or advice much appreciated.
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Its the oil light all right! Should I be using 20W50 instead of 10W40 in the summer...because when its cool outside, after an hour of stop and go, the light didn't come on until the warm temperature outside.
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I experienced the same thing yesterday after changing my oil, I made the switch to Delo 400 from Delvac Super, both are 15W-40 oils.
At idle, my oil pressure light would come on, but with a slight blip of throttle, it would go off. I noticed that after a long hard drive in 49c weather. I am going to change the oil pressure switch to see if this goes away. I have a Trax Gurkha which has the OM 616 turbo engine. |
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