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emilo · #7 05-12-2004, 10:56 AM

OK Larry, ,, Here's the story

I talked to a mechanic about borrowing his mechanical gauge today but he had it lend out but suggested a quick swap of instrument clusters between my 230CE(with the low oil pressure) and 230E. Just to rule out the gauge itself. When trying to start the coupé the start engine couldn't move the engine. Therefor I will tell the story from the beginning - at least try, despite my poor english. .. Please ask if something is unclear

I have, for just over a mounth, noticed that the oil pressure gauge didn't peg when the engine was started cold ,, It always has. When the RPM was higher it pegged though, (I have no RPM gauge so I can't tell the exact value) but when it shifted gears it fell to 2 and then back up to 3, following the RPM. I scheduled an oil service and told him about the oil pressure and he thought it would be ok after the service. It didn't help. However I continued driving the car dayly. The engine sounded OK exept for one or two times when it wisseled right after I started it up and I had to rew the engine so it wouldn't stop - OK again after a minute or so. .. I don't know where sound came from but it sounded lika a slipping belt or something.

Then about a week ago when I was to leave work the car didn't start. When I turned the ignition key noting happened. I heard the start engine but it sounded as if the engine was stuck and the start engine couldn't move it (or it self for that matter). Noting wrong with the battery. I tried several times but it was the same thing. After sitting in the car for a while thinking over how to get home I tried to crank the engine one last time - It started immediately (with the same wisseling noice I described above). Now the oil pressure had decreased even more. It was just above 1 bar when driving and fell to 0 at idle. I drove home and the car hasn't been started since. And today, as I said, the same thing happened - I didn't try to crank the engine again this time, afraid of making things worse.

Please help. ..