So I swapped out my valve cover on the '02 Miata (put the powder coated
one on) and just transferred all the stuff from the original valve cover
onto the new one. But yesterday while heading to work I got a code
P0011, and my aftermarket oil pressure guage showed 25kPa (3.6psi) while
idling in rush hour traffic, so I pulled onto the shoulder and shut the
car off, cause my oil pressure guage reads in 25kPa increments, and the
next notch below is 0kPa, and I just didn't wanna risk anything
happening due to carelessness.
Not sure if this will help or not, but if I revved the car, the oil
pressure would rise along with it like it always does. The oil is due
to be changed and was planning on doing that this weekend.
Thing to note is that I've seen low pressure like that before where it's
a really HOT and muggy summer day outside, and the car is stuck in
gridlock traffic. But its never been quite that low, maybe 30kPa if I
had to put a number on it.
Anybody know what I should check? I didn't play around with any of the
solenoids, I simply transferred it from the old valve cover onto the new
one, and it seemed pretty straight forward and was just plug and play.
There is no visible leaks around the valve cover, so if there IS
something wrong, I'm thinking its got something to do with the VVt bits.
I checked the FSM and the only part I found so far was the following ...
Oil Pressure
295-392 kPa {3.0-4.0 kgf/cm2, 43-56 psi} [3000 rpm]
But I can't see anywhere in the FSM where it'd say how much oil pressure
I should have at idle.
So to summarize, stuck in rush hour grid lock in the morning (around
10*C outside) and at idle, I see the oil pressure guage reading 25kPa
and I get a check engine light which my Scanguage-II said was P0011. I
pulled over and shut the car down, I cleared the code, and once the
engine was shut for more than 20mins, I started it up again, the code
never came back. But didn't risk driving it except to get off the
highway and wait to be towed home.
Am I just over reacting about the low oil pressure at idle (keeping in
mind my oil is due for a change) ... and what should I check for the
P0011 code?
-Thuwa
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