Sentences with phrase «faulty oil pressure»

A faulty oil pressure switch may leak oil and cause the oil light to come on.

Aside from a sometimes faulty oil pressure gauge, it's a clean, no - surprises example.

Not exact matches

A weak or worn clutch cover can do it, as can the pressure plate if say a spring has failed or they've become weak, but as you say the clutch has been replaced already I think unless the new parts were faulty (which does happen) you could be looking at perhaps an oil contamination issue on the clutch if the rear main oil seal is leaking.

Brian Knoblauch in the comments below points out that a faulty oil pump can also cause the oil pressure to drop.

The oil pressure gauge can be finicky at times and has been diagnosed by Siemans Mazda as a faulty gauge and not a mechanical issue.

P0523 trouble code means there is an issue with the engine oil pressure sensor often due to faulty wire connection or wrong engine oil.

The potential causes of Diagnostic Trouble Code P0420 include a damaged muffler or leaks in the muffler, damaged exhaust manifold or leaks in the exhaust manifold, damaged exhaust pipe or exhaust pipe leaks, misfiring in the engine, oil contamination in catalytic converter, a faulty catalytic converter, a faulty engine coolant temperature sensor, faulty front oxygen sensor, faulty rear oxygen sensor, damaged oxygen sensor wiring, oxygen sensor wiring that is not properly connected, damaged oxygen sensor connectors, a fuel injector that is leaking, fuel pressure that is high, and other causes.

The study, by researchers at the University of Texas and URS, a consulting firm — with the cooperation of (and some funding from) the oil and gas industry and Environmental Defense Fund (more on that below)-- shows that much of the pollution problem lies in a small subset of poorly operating systems or faulty processes — in this case valves run pneumatically using the pressure of extracted gas and operations that clear liquids from older wells.