Hi.... I noticed today for the very first time my oil gauge that usually sits on 0 or 2.... was actually moving today on idle it was on 4 and as i drove sometimes would go up towards the 8 then back down again.... this has never happened before and i have had the car for approx 7 months is this normal? before it would sit on 0 whatever speed i did.... and mostly 2 i also could smell some oil burning when i put the car in my garage... all ideas welcome
Do a SEARCH and you'll find heaps of info on the notoriously inaccurate OPS/gauge. See also Tech A-Z Oil burning smell is prolly from cam cover or rear main weeps onto zorst ... check it out on a hoist.
normally it should sit between 2 and 4. I would guess that your oil pressure sender is faulty which is a common problem. oil burning smell could be leaky rocker covers dropping oil on the turbo manifold. of course another guess though without being able to look at it.
Rear mains a common problem, K-Zed??......as i noticed an oil leak from that area today, may also have cam cover leak. ( hate oil leaks!) also i have heard that drilling out the oil sender hole is sometimes a fix, i just installed a new accessory guage and sender unit today (oil and water) and also drilled out the original oil sender approx 1mm(keeping both hooked up), will let you know if that worked.
Rear main seal usually starts small and progressively becomes worse = puddle on garage floor. Exhaust cam cover leaks are most prevalent on Zed's with nil service work to top end and weep is usually from the rear half-moon seal, (sometimes also from Inlet VVT solenoid seal) . Both may remain as weep ONLY and can be fixed when doing a plenum pull.
If its the stock OPS get a new aftermarket OPS. VDO makes them and the number is VDO 360.005 OPS Take a look at this tech... http://www.aus300zx.com/tech/ops/ops.htm I still have mine sitting here yet to be installed once i get it all done will post up pictures of what i used etc just to explain a little bit more...
Thankzz Ok thanks everyone will check it out tomorrow...now that i know 2 and 4 is where it should sit... i shall panic when it goes over 4 (lol) will look for any leaks too....
