High oil pressure on A610

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High oil pressure on A610

Postby mettersl » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:29 pm

Hi-(or help!)
Has anyone had any experience of hight oil pressure (on the dash gauge anyway) on an A610?
Have had my 610 for about a month- generally behaving itself, everything works but the oil pressure is high when cold (top of the gauge).
When warm it settles to about 25% at idle and about 60% when on the move- no idea of the scale..
I've changed the filter and oil (for synthetic) but no effect. Engine seems fine otherwise- any suggestions? Old oil was clean and looks to have been changed regularly (fully stamped service book too!
Suggestions?.
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Postby David Gentleman » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:35 pm

Hi Lee

Thats absolutely normal!

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Postby Alpineandy » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:38 pm

If it's not pushing it out of the engine somewhere (dipstick, rockercover, breather or exhaust) then IMHO it's an iffy sender or gauge.
But someone with real mechanical understanding may know different....
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Sounds perfect.

Postby Tony Smith » Wed Apr 13, 2005 7:17 am

Thats exactly how a healthy car should be - the pressure is higher when cold as the viscosity of cold oil is higher. I don't know about 610 oil pressure gauges but every other Renault I've owned (lots) have had very unreliable ones.
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Postby simontaylor » Wed Apr 13, 2005 7:23 am

Speedo gauges are not too reliable either :evil:
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Postby LiamMcShane » Wed Apr 13, 2005 9:34 am

simontaylor wrote:Speedo gauges are not too reliable either :evil:

I'll second that!
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Postby pgoldsmith » Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:40 am

Regular use of electrical switch cleaner sprayed on the connector (lhs of the dash) to the cluster cures that.
I swear by it :D
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Postby A610GA » Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:40 am

Hi,
Having bought my first A610 in January I can confirm the behaviour of the oil guage. I tend to wait until it has dropped back before assuming the engine is warm enough to drive with any kind of spirit.
I installed a Road Angel at the weekend and that gives 100% accurate speed readout at constand speeds. This confirms the Alpine speedo is very inaccurate. It says 36 mph when I am only doing 30 giving a 20% error. I always rely on my Road Angel or Road Pilot as installed in my various cars as you can be done for doing as little as 32 in a 30 limit these days.
Geoff :(
Driving an A610 is just so sublime.
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Postby LiamMcShane » Wed Apr 13, 2005 3:18 pm

I'd be hoping my Alpine is under reading, or reacting slowly, otherwise it's not anywhere near as fast as it feels!
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