Help! No oil pressure!

[Pete Masterson]

About the only thing you can do is to install a mechanical oil
pressure gauge on (or near) the engine. (I'd have to know a lot more
about an 8v92 to tell you exactly where to install it -- but a diesel
mechanic familiar with that engine could probably advise you.)

My guess was that the oil was so cold that it didn't registers much
pressure -- but if/when you revved up, then some pressure should have
shown if the gauge was working. At idle, the 8v92 has a very low oil
pressure.

Ground straps work loose all the time due to vibration and are often
a source of problems. Partial or intermittent contact can make it
difficult to run down loose straps.

Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
aeonix1@...
On the road near Lancaster, PA



On Oct 10, 2008, at 6:03 PM, Ryan Wright wrote:

> Hi Mike,
>
> Nope, no gauge in the engine compartment, unfortunately.
>
> Pete: It's cold-cold... I turned the engine pre-heat on about half an
> hour ago, so we'll see if that changes anything. She did start a bit
> hard due to the cold. Maybe that's just it, oil is too cold to
> register much pressure? I'll check the ground straps too.
>
> Without a working oil pressure gauge, is there any way to verify the
> oil pump is doing it's job? The engine sounded just fine when I had it
> running...
>
> -Ryan
>
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 2:39 PM, mbulriss <mbulriss@...> wrote:
>> Ryan,
>>
>> Do you have a oil pressure guage in the engine compartment by the
>> rear
>> starter switch? What does that one say?
>
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