Low oil pressure on 88's XJ

Jun 01, 2005 2 Replies

Hello



I have a low oil pressure on my 6L 242 engine : about the first 1/4 of the jauge on idle and 1/3 maximum @ 4000RPM. It has about 150 000 Miles (215



000Km).

I think I have to replace the oil pump ? or did I have to change something else ?



Thanks for advice. I'm in France and here those cars are "exotics" (6L 4L automatic, here there more 4L 2.1LTurbo Diesel mecanic) for mecanic services.


That pressure doesn't sound too far off for an 88. The senders are not known to be very accurate when they get old. I would first clean the connection on the sender, then change that or have someone put a mechanical one in to test the real pressure before ripping into the engine.

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

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