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OIL LIGHT SHOWS AT IDLE AND TURNS OFF WHEN ENGINE SPEED IS INCREASED HELP!!!!
Range Rover Blues:
And where did the engne come from?
landymad:
--- Quote from: CNorman on April 04, 2008, 16:22:50 ---what oil were you originally using?
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i was orginally using 10/40w
landymad:
--- Quote from: Range Rover Blues on April 04, 2008, 16:40:27 ---And where did the engne come from?
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the engine came from york by courier. the engine had been in a car that had been crashed into a ditch, back in november
landymad:
--- Quote from: Disco-Ron on April 03, 2008, 21:54:25 ---Do you have the oil cooler in the radiator plumbed in..??? sounds as though the oil is getting too warm, and therefore too thin.... hence not being pumped well enough at tickover.......
Oil grade is important, oil level matters just as much.......
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my rad is pretty mucked up as it is missed a lot of the fins but is not leaking. however if it was this that wasn't cooling the oil quick enough then the water temp would rise as well.
bilge rat:
fit an 82 stat in it , thats the spec but usually you get given an 88, thats o.k but everything helps, cooler the water cooler the oil will be from the oil cooler, have you changed the the thermostat in the oil filter housing theres one in the lower part .there not dear...go from there and as already said knock the tick over up slightly..alan...
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