Newbie101

hey man, no worries, thats what i thought but when i called my mechanic he was like use the special socket because they are very finicky and have a very small thread and its easy to f it all up. But luckily i live my life on the edge so im just going to go with a wrench

SuperXJ2000

i have yet to f one up yet so u should be ok. also you wont need thread lock or anything like that, it will be fine just putting it on.

Newbie101

Thanks for all the help and feed back buddy, I will let you no how she turns out after the operation.

SuperXJ2000

no problem, thats what we JEEPers are there for to help out other Jeepers. just let me know how it goes. i will check it out first thing in the morning its late. have fun

Geck_87Laredo

My oil pressure drops to 20 sometimes 25-30 when i stop at a light. I have a brand new 4.6 stroker. Is this bad? Any idea's?

Newbie101

I really must be a bit slower then the rest, i couldn't for the life of me figure how to get the plug, out the back... there is a red little clip that slides out of the top of the plastic plug thing, then i go to yanking on it, but nothing. I'm trying to figure out were to lift to get it out from the clip things, but to my luck, no prevail. But the strangest thing every, is the oil pressure is back to normal.... new part still in box. what a mystery, ill tomorrow again after work go to yanking and see what will give.

SuperXJ2000

the clip should push down and pull on it, but not to hard may pull the wires out. also could have been dirty or bad contact on the plug to the switch. but at least you know its working right but i will still replace it due to it could be going out.

for the other jeeper with the 4.6 lt. make sure the plug is clean and replace it also. oil pressure switch/sensor

Newbie101

I was thinking that, but at the time i was thinking.. its working now not worth breaking it, ill try again today after work to see if i can get the clip off. Thanks again for all the feed back.

Newbie101

Ok im a nub, is a cold start shooting up to 80psi then coming to the normal 40 - 60 while driving ok for the jeep or is the thing still faulty? I never really paid that much attention to the oil pressure gauge.

Cheers

SuperXJ2000

well 40 to 60 is somewhat ok. should be around 30-50 psi. just keep an eye on it. but other then that you will be fine. far as the cold crank to 80 psi just the gauge read the first read as the engine turns over the gose to the right psi.

Newbie101

Sorry for being a pain, but could you explain why 80 psi is bad for the oil pressure gauge to be reading and for the engine..?

SuperXJ2000

there could be a backup somewhere, make sure no lines are kink.

stuwa

Hi all. Noob here.

I had the EXACT same symptoms on my 2000xj. Changed the oil, filter, px switch etc with no luck. The problem turned out to be the oil pump.

Newbie101

ya luckily for me it took a bit of messing around with the oil pressure switch and boom, all better. But i still am going to switch it out this weekend. Glad u got it fixed.