Oil pressure on w124 .260e M103 .

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Never noticed this before , and i dont know if its good or bad .
The drive took me 1 hour and on my return i just looked down at the oil pressure .
The pointer was up on the top of the gauge. I know its a good thing to have a good oil pressure .
But on the high limit could it be a problem . Or is it normal .
 

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Totally normal when driving. Should drop to between 1 and 2 minimum at idle hot.
 
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Lostkiwi good to go then . I had never seen it before .Only on start up .And tick over is 2 on the gauge hot. I use Castrol Magnatec semi synthetic oil , as recomended by them for the M103 .Good but i have noticed an oil leak from the rocker box . Had it like this for 4 years ,its not to bad .But another job to the list among others . Thamk you.
 
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I know its an old post but just to re cap - The valve cover was removed and a new seal fitted torque set to 8 nm no more oil from the valve cover and no smell from oil getting in to plug holes to burn away .
 


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