Oil pressure problem

Oil pressure problem

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netley

Original Poster:

5 posts

155 months

Saturday 13th September 2014
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I have a '94 3.2 Jaguar X300. My problem is the car starts and after a minute or so the tappets become noisy. Then I noticed no oil pressure on the gauge though there is plenty of oil showing on the dipstick. I haven't run it since as I'm afraid of serious damage.
I'm stumped as to where to start. I'll try to get a pressure gauge to test off the block but that will mean starting it and I think that could be a bad idea.
It had been stood for quite a while but I'd run it a few times to move it around to address other problems.
Any ideas where I should start looking?
Cheers
Neil UK

netley

Original Poster:

5 posts

155 months

Saturday 13th September 2014
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I'll get a pressure gauge on first and take it from there.
Cheers
Neil