rks1

I have a 97 formula and my question is when I accelerate hard my oil pressure seems to drop and then rise as I accelerate. The gauge also seems a little erratic. It appears to function fine during normal driving and reads high during cold start-up. It also rises if I raise the engine in neutral or with the clutch in. It only seems to drop under load, is this a possible sending unit failure or could it be something more serious. I have no unusual engine noises and the car runs great.

02v8ta

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Well if you had no oil pressure you'd know, doesn't sound serious. When you say drop and rise how much? near the red or near the 20 - 60 psi range?
Like you said i bet you should replace your sending unit. Get an actual pressure gauge if you really want to know what the pressure is.

what's the car milage?

MattSapp95_T/A

iTrader: (35)

I would put a manual gauge on it just to see what is really going on and verify.... Then you know for sure...

Then you can try replacing the sender....

Matt