I had already decided to go for the simple option first and have ordered
an oil pressure sender from Canley Classics this morning. It should
arrive tomorrow hopefully.
I'll keep my fingers crossed, a couple of railway sleepers strapped to my
body and wear a hat made from rabbit's feet with horseshoes dangling from
it...
cheers
John
--- William Davies <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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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