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From: John Hobson <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>
>
> Slightly more worrying was that at 1200rpm the oil warning light
> flickers, and at 1000rpm and below it stays on permanently. This does
> not sound like a good thing to me. Any thoughts on what this could be?
> Could a low oil viscosity cause this? I am not sure what grade of oil
> the garage used.
Hi John,
With an engine that's been laid up (as I personally know that one has!)
it's a good practice to change to oil pressure sender on the block. I had a
Herald with what I thought was terminally low oil pressure - the car had been
garaged for about 7 years before I bought it. A new sender and that engine did
another 30,000 miles before being retired due to bore wear. Oil pressure
stayed good right to the end,
Cheers,
Bill.
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