Ok this may be a bit of medium sized thread but could do with some advice:

First of all i have a issue with my Escort cosworth, when i start it up the oil pressure shoots up to just below the 5 bar, however when the car reaches normal temp and the revs have dropped down the pressure on the gauge reads above the red, the previous owner run it on and just changed the oil to castrol magnetic 15/40 which i think is to thick, i used to run my other cosssies on 10/60????? Now could it be that the oil is to thick or is my oil pump giving up??????.

The car was originally a small turbo but at some time been converted into a large turbo model however im unsure if it is a 4x4 engine or 2wd with the added sump modifications to make it a 4x4, is there a quick way i can tell.

The alarm never come with the code so i can change the features on the alarm is there a way i could get if i contacted clifford but then a previous owner may of changed it since then?????


I hope you may be able to answer these questions.

With kind regards
Steve

 

are you talking about the escort cossie gauges in the middle of the dash if so there so unacurite its unture i would get a race tech oil pressure gauge as oil pumps to the back of the gauge and the reading are true. so shity loose or rusty connections! i wouldnt assume the worst mate.

the engine will have 200 casted on the side of it under the turbo

and you need to use a cliffnet cd rom to sort your alarm out

 

dom123

Thankyou for your quick reply, i was fearing the worse so will get a seperate gauge and hook up.

Where would i get the cliffnet cd rom from and where would i get the connection lead from the pc to the brains of the alarm?????

 

I'm glad you 2 understand each other!

As said, get a different gauge and get a reading from there. Hope it's nothing serious.

 

ebay sell a cliffnet cd rom and lead its about Ł30ish

 

The castrol magnetec 15W40 is THINNER than your 10W60, it may be getting too thin, especially after a blast, the thinner it is the more pressure drops.
I would try your 10W60 in it, as long as you are using FULLY synthetic it will be fine, mineral oils tend to break down way too easily.
The gauges are notoriously inaccurate, just put some decent 10W60, or some 15W50 mobil 1 in there and see what the gauge says, but don't worry anyway.
tabetha