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Old 11-23-2011, 10:24 AM   #18 (permalink)
Diesel_Dave
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Originally Posted by slowmover View Post
I like your explanation of how it might work, hadn't thought of that..
I'm only guessing it's based on speed and coolant temp. Speed because I can see it goes up when I'm at higher rpms, and also because that would phisically make sense--the oil pump is tied to the crank so more rpms mean more oil flow. I'm guessing it's alos based on coolant temp because I definitely can see that the oil pressure "gauge" reads lower when I pre-warm.
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