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Hi all,
my shopping car has been loosing a bit of oil recently, not much, but a small bit on the drive, then yesterday whilst it was still cold, I noticed the oil pressure seems to be running a bit high..
Normally it sits around the 5 Bar mark, but yesterday it was up at the top of the guage at about 8... I wasnt thrashing the car, indeed, I was being extra careful as I thought this might be a sign the engine was going to expire...
So.. my question is... is high oil pressure a bad thing, and a sign the engine is about to go pop, or is it nothing to worry about, and just caused by the cold, or some weird atmospheric change ?
Today, it was almost the same, tho dropping back down to the 5 mark on idle..
The car is a 95 306 xsi, done 111,000 miles and not showing any real problems other than leaking a bit of oil from 'somewhere'..
my shopping car has been loosing a bit of oil recently, not much, but a small bit on the drive, then yesterday whilst it was still cold, I noticed the oil pressure seems to be running a bit high..
Normally it sits around the 5 Bar mark, but yesterday it was up at the top of the guage at about 8... I wasnt thrashing the car, indeed, I was being extra careful as I thought this might be a sign the engine was going to expire...
So.. my question is... is high oil pressure a bad thing, and a sign the engine is about to go pop, or is it nothing to worry about, and just caused by the cold, or some weird atmospheric change ?
Today, it was almost the same, tho dropping back down to the 5 mark on idle..
The car is a 95 306 xsi, done 111,000 miles and not showing any real problems other than leaking a bit of oil from 'somewhere'..
cheers guys, thats reassured me somewhat 
The gauge has calmed down a bit now, sitting at 6 bar again, so I wonder if it was something to do with the cold weather... still seems to be running ok, tho the occasional small cloud of smoke at the lights when the oil leaks burns off is always entertaining
On the oil front, I think I might have slightly overfilled it.. or.. is it possible I'm using to thin an oil and its just leaking thro ? I'm putting castrol gtx 10/40 in it... Maybe it needs something thicker now its getting old !
The gauge has calmed down a bit now, sitting at 6 bar again, so I wonder if it was something to do with the cold weather... still seems to be running ok, tho the occasional small cloud of smoke at the lights when the oil leaks burns off is always entertaining
On the oil front, I think I might have slightly overfilled it.. or.. is it possible I'm using to thin an oil and its just leaking thro ? I'm putting castrol gtx 10/40 in it... Maybe it needs something thicker now its getting old !
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