1997 Mitsubishi Magna car sounds like a deisel

1997 MITSUBISHI MAGNA
157,000 MILES • 4 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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MUMOFSONS02
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hi i just bought a car second hand and on the way home the oil light came on and not long after that it started to sound like a deisel. I pulled up at the servo to look how much oil was in it but it was fine, perhaps a little too full. Perhaps its the tapis, i dunno.
Dec 1, 2009 at 9:13 PM
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MHPAUTOS
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Hi there, the first thing that you need to do is get the oil pressure tested with a mechanical gauge and report the readings here, i will need cold idle, hot idle and hot @1200RPM's.

mark (mhpautos)
Dec 1, 2009 at 11:07 PM
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MUMOFSONS02
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can i do the reading myself or do i need to take it to a mechanics? If i can do it my self would you telling me how thanks
Dec 2, 2009 at 12:03 AM
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MHPAUTOS
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Hi there, You need a mechanical oil pressure gauge and it will screw in where the oil pressure sender is, take out the sender and fut the gauge, can you get a gauge?

Mark (mhpautos)
Dec 2, 2009 at 2:03 AM