Wonky stock early NA oil pressure reading?

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May 30, 2011 | 02:43 PM

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rbluemx6

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My oil pressure gauge was acting wonky as well. After changing my plug wires it started to act right and not flicker around.

May 30, 2011 | 04:32 PM

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I'm about to do the vei gauge and be done with it.

May 31, 2011 | 12:04 PM

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Did you leave a breather port on the passenger side of the valve cover? I put one on that side and on left corners I dumped oil by the quart, and I'm not exaggerating. I now run only one on the driver's side and get a minuscule amount of oil through the line.

Exact thing I experianced. After capping off the OEM pcv side breather the oil by the court ending up in my catch can went away. Im breathing from the OEM drivers side location and a port installed in the block same location as the capped off tube that came on early 1.6l's.

Bob

Sep 20, 2011 | 06:36 PM

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Did you ever resolve this? I noticed my gauge fluctuates sometimes

Sep 20, 2011 | 06:46 PM

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I get it in the Rental car. Occasionally the gauge will flicker, then fall to 0. It's very confidence-inspiring. Then the next lap the engine is still running fine, and it flicks back up to 75psi.

I replaced it with a Racepak - that fixed it :P