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[–] plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We get it, you don’t understand how the oil system works.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So now you resort to trolling? Dude, by your other comments its clear you don't understand cars of fluid systems. You were claiming OBD doesn't work with car running.

Oil pressure is created by your oil pump, not by the volume of oil you hold in the sump, its not a head well. But the pressure you read changes by a lot of factors, which I attempted to educate you on.

Its sad that you have dug in and can't see that.

[–] plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Your dipstick checks the level of the sump… what do you think it’s checking? if it’s low or high, it’s indicative of whatever the gauge is telling you.

I’m not trolling because you think you’re educating me, it’s the other way around. You’ve got your head so far up your ass you can’t even see it.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The oil pressure gauge does not tell you how high the sump level is. I.e shut the engine off, pump makes no pressure but sump could be high. The oil pressure gauge ( not a low oil level warning light) shows increments of pressure in your engine block channels which is unrelated to oil level, unless you have run the sump dry and are trying to pump air. But even with a full sump, oil presdur varies by engine temperature, and other flow issues like blocked oil filter or a filter that switched to bypass mode. How is it that you cannot comprehend these things dude LOL

[–] plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Apparantly you can’t comprehend that a blockage that creates pressure would increase the volume of the reservoir in the sump since it’s not pumping as fast as it needs too. Or if it’s low, it could be pumping too fast because of a leak.

You’re almost there, you comprehend the basics, but fumble with the gauges being different information that a gauge. Your full sump can also overflow, but your pressure gauge can’t tell you that specifically either.

The gauge is only the sum total of all the parts, it tells you NOTHING other than to check the system, which you should already do regularly regardless anyways.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 week ago

Sigh. Have a good week my dude