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Aug 10, 2009 | 07:12 AM

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zdr2k

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Originally Posted by skandalis447

My brother has the same issue in his C2 MY02...After 62000miles of free running oil pressure drops below 1bar at idle when the engine is hot...ten days ago it dropped below 0,5bar while oil pressure warning came up...Today i replaced sender unit...but no luck...pressure still stays below 0,5 bar at idle...Any opinions?

what oil are you using? May need to go to a heavier weight for the summer, say 15W50 (btw, that's what i use).

Odometer sitting at 104,000 milles, nothing but mobil 1.

Aug 10, 2009 | 11:21 AM

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skandalis447

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Guys finally i solved the problem...first i replaced sender unit with new one and had the same results...then i checked oil pressure with a mechanical gauge mounted on sender unit fitting...Oil pressure was always 1,5bar when idling hot...so everything was ok internaly...finally a bad gauge was the problem...cluster needs replacement...