Oil Pressure

[Tuscan Wil]

Hi there. Just try to pick the brain from the experts here. My 2001 Mk1 oil pressure has been pretty normal - warmed up idle at 20 ish psi and 40+ when easy driving. Using 10W/40 oil. However, it shot up to 40-50 psi at idle when warmed up and 99psi when driving over the weekend. Checked and topped up about a 200 miles ago and have not touch the oil at all since. Should I be worry? Any advise would be highly appreicated. Thank you!!!

[m3jappa]

Pretty sure that would be a sensor.

[Tuscan Wil]

Thank you for the respond. Is it something I can adjust or a trip to Str8six?

[coco79]

A new oil pressure sender may be in order. I had the same erratic readings on mine a while back, apparently they are prone to leaking. You can find them on Powers website.

[T6USK]

Hi
I've got an issue too with my oil pressure readout on my display. This reading has been getting quite erratic over the last few weeks - prompting me to pull over every so often to check my oil ! Again, if the reading is jumping all over the place, then is it the sender that needs replacing ?? All other reading are OK and stable.
Cheers
Chris

[coco79]

I changed my oil filter first and that improved the psi reading, then decided to go for the whole hog and replace the sender too.