hi all, in the pat ive owned a couple of series 2as but im now looking for an old range rover. ive looked at a couple and found one i quite like problem is the oil pressure gauge only showed about 20 when warm! as the gauge appeared to go up to 80 i guess thats a little low? any advice welcome. by the way it was a 1984 3.5 v8 c heers matt
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ironhorse
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Hi, if the temperature is even I wouldnt worry, take the oil filler cap off and look down inside the rocker box, if there is a lot of black build up in there, by a lot if you can dig it out with your finger, walk away. If not to bad just needs a good flush through.
clutchdust
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Thats ok, i wouldn't worry about it, change the oil for 20/50 and that'll give it a bit more.
Oil pressure on the old 3.5 was never very good, but these rely on volume more than pressure anyway.
ironhorse
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Sounds average for rangy this age, put slightly thicker oil in her. Or buy some oil additive one I can recommend is Ametech, one can per litre of engine power, top product, have used this additive on many rangys it works
