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Hi all,

My S1 R33GTS-T may be having some oil pressure issues. On start up the gauge reads 6kg/cm2, and when the car warms up it generally reads about 4kg/cm2 at 3000rpm. This all seems reasonably healthy for 4100 turbolite oil AFAIK.

The problem is that sometimes (randomly) the gauge will start reading 2kg/cm2 at 3000rpm, and will drop to 0.5kg/cm2 at idle. Then later it will return to normal.The engine doesn't seem to get any noisier, and if the gauge wasn't there, I wouldn't know there was an issue.

The oil pressure light doesn't come on (although it does work on engine turn-over).

I have ordered a sandwich-plate and OP gauge from JustJap, to check the gauge and sender. I was hoping someone else may have better insight on what might be going on. Should I be preparing for a new oil-pump?

If so what's a new standard pump worth? :-)

TIA

PS- I searched, but no other threads were quite the same problem.

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If you find the stock guage is reading correctly then you won't be up for just an oil pump. Rebuild time. :/

Do you mean that the oil pressure problems is due to a stuffed engine... or that I've stuffed the engine by driving around with low pressure?

What do you think the problem might be?

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