--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "eclipse0324" <eclipse0324@...> wrote: > > Hello All, > > This is my first posting to the group, I have a October 81 Delorean > vin #5265 purchased from DMC Houston, I have owned it since 1997 and > have very little problems of any kind with it over the years. > > Last week, I had a few items on the car replaced with NOS. After > having these items installed, I have been having problems with the oil > pressure and the car idling up and down. > > The parts replaced were the fuel filter, oxygen sensor, oil pressure > light switch and the oil pressure sender..before the parts were > installed...the car ran well, the oil pressure seemed fine and the car > idled fairly smooth. > > After the parts were installed..the oil pressure constantly fluctuates > almost down to zero, when the car in not in gear. If the car stays in > gear the oil pressure is fine. The car idle will also jump up and down > once the car warms up. > > Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts on what might be the cause. > In the past the oil pressure has never dropped this low nor has the > car idle fluctuates like this. > > I'm not sure if one of the newly installed items is defective or if > once one of these parts are installed a adjustment needs to be made to > adjust for the new part. > > Any help, thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated, > > Thanks, > > Rob > This is the very commonly behavior of NOS oil pressure senders. Not really new. Perhaps the PO had a non-NOS sender installed. That could be the reason that you're alarmed by this behavior. Only Herveys new senders behave as pressure senders should. Welmoed. ------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/