Starting oil pressure Jackeroo TD
Submitted: Thursday, Aug 21, 2003 at 20:29
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Sam
G'day all. Am currently having problems with my 2001 Jackeroo 3.0L Turbo diesel (4JX1) engine.
Oil pressure fails to come up after starting without revving the engine repeatedly.
This is only an intermittant problem, happening roughly every second time i start the engine from cold.
I have checked the oil pressure gauge, which seems ok. I know oil is critical in the Jackeroo's, and i am currently running Castrol R 5W-30.
Has anyone had any similar problems? Or does anyone have any ideas as to what might be the problem?
Sorry if this has been metioned before, but i couldn't find anything in archive that matched exactly.
Thanks,
Sam.
Reply By: Member - Geoff - Friday, Aug 22, 2003 at 10:03
Friday, Aug 22, 2003 at 10:03
Sam,
Has this condition of you having to rev the engine to get the pressure to come up only occurred with the current oil filter? If it has, go and install a new one.
As most filter have an anti drain back valve yours might be faulty.
Also not being familiar with your truck does it have an indicator light or a gauge?
If it is an idiot light it is possible that the oil pressure sender switch is a bit dicky.
The other possibility is that the pressure relief valve on the engine oil pump is sticking. If the relief valve is accessible undo it and give the valve and its
bore a clean make sure there is no
debris stuck in the
bore. Also
check that the valve isnt worn and sticking.
Hope this helps.
Cheers Geoff
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