Now that it seems I have my cooling figured out, I can now move on to the next big thing which is oil.
My main issue is that I am either leaking it or burning it. My oil level gets to the bottom of the safe line after driving it for a few days. I have topped it off many times since purchasing it in October.
My biggest guess right now is that it is coming from the valve cover. I have caked up oil on the front of my transmission under the firewall. This weekend I plan on pressure washing it. I am just afraid to do it around the valve cover because of all the wiring. I can probably just go ahead and change the gasket out anyways.
I also have low pressure in cyl 6. I think it was between 110 - 120. Why I have low pressure in just that one cyl I don't know. Is this usual? Unusual? My other cylinders were around 145 - 150. I haven't done a leak down test yet. I also show no signs of oil burning from the exhaust.
My other issue is my oil pressure gauge is acting weird. My pressure is usually around 35 to 40. Which is normal, but when I am driving and begin to slow down my gauge starts to rise to 80 when my Jeep shifts near 2nd gear. (I have an automatic, don't shun me.) When it starts to rise to 80, I noticed that when I start giving the Jeep gas again, the gauge will lower back to 40 at the rate of my rpm. If I let go of the gas it raises back to 80, if I step on the gas it lowers to 40.
Now with that being said. Sometimes it is the opposite. I give it the gas it rises to 80 and if I let go of the gas it goes to 40, but this doesn't happen as often as what I stated above.
The first thing I am going to inspect is the wiring, which I have learned from Macho, is that it is one grey wire leading all the way to the sending unit. My sending unit seems fine, and is brand new.
I also noticed my gauge shooting up to 80 when my dad was messing with my vacuum tubes on my manifold and messing with the wiring near the throttle while the Jeep was idling. Maybe I have a bad connector or a leaky vacuum? I don't know if this is a factor or could be a factor.
In the video below I record my pressure gauge. Disregard my volts. This is not my original cluster. This is the used one I bought online for the temperature gauge. I just had it plugged in at the time and wanted to see if the oil pressure gauge in it did the same thing to make sure it wasn't specific with my gauge or wiring.
Edit: I am also driving in my yard. I am not on the street!
My main issue is that I am either leaking it or burning it. My oil level gets to the bottom of the safe line after driving it for a few days. I have topped it off many times since purchasing it in October.
My biggest guess right now is that it is coming from the valve cover. I have caked up oil on the front of my transmission under the firewall. This weekend I plan on pressure washing it. I am just afraid to do it around the valve cover because of all the wiring. I can probably just go ahead and change the gasket out anyways.
I also have low pressure in cyl 6. I think it was between 110 - 120. Why I have low pressure in just that one cyl I don't know. Is this usual? Unusual? My other cylinders were around 145 - 150. I haven't done a leak down test yet. I also show no signs of oil burning from the exhaust.
My other issue is my oil pressure gauge is acting weird. My pressure is usually around 35 to 40. Which is normal, but when I am driving and begin to slow down my gauge starts to rise to 80 when my Jeep shifts near 2nd gear. (I have an automatic, don't shun me.) When it starts to rise to 80, I noticed that when I start giving the Jeep gas again, the gauge will lower back to 40 at the rate of my rpm. If I let go of the gas it raises back to 80, if I step on the gas it lowers to 40.
Now with that being said. Sometimes it is the opposite. I give it the gas it rises to 80 and if I let go of the gas it goes to 40, but this doesn't happen as often as what I stated above.
The first thing I am going to inspect is the wiring, which I have learned from Macho, is that it is one grey wire leading all the way to the sending unit. My sending unit seems fine, and is brand new.
I also noticed my gauge shooting up to 80 when my dad was messing with my vacuum tubes on my manifold and messing with the wiring near the throttle while the Jeep was idling. Maybe I have a bad connector or a leaky vacuum? I don't know if this is a factor or could be a factor.
In the video below I record my pressure gauge. Disregard my volts. This is not my original cluster. This is the used one I bought online for the temperature gauge. I just had it plugged in at the time and wanted to see if the oil pressure gauge in it did the same thing to make sure it wasn't specific with my gauge or wiring.
Edit: I am also driving in my yard. I am not on the street!