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David Towers
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Username: xtriple

Post Number: 116
Registered: 6-2010
Posted on Thursday, 16 March, 2017 - 09:13:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP
I know I could look at the workshop manual but I'm lazy and anyway, you guys know EVERYTHING about these old dollops, so I'll ask you instead.

Bentley Brooklands 'R' 1998 (66221) LPT and after a motorway cruise and then a spell in town, the oil pressure drops a bit. Leave it for a few minutes turned off and it recovers to its normal levels and I stop panicking! All these dreadful gauges are there just to make me fret....
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Omar M. Shams
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Username: omar

Post Number: 1138
Registered: 4-2009
Posted on Saturday, 18 March, 2017 - 04:54:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP
Yes David your car has an oil cooler.
The oil pressure sender unit is not the best quality item that RR ever made. If you replace it - you may find your car suddenly becomes great again.
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David Towers
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Username: xtriple

Post Number: 117
Registered: 6-2010
Posted on Saturday, 18 March, 2017 - 05:29:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP
Thank you Omar. :-) I will get this replaced as... paranoid!
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Paul Yorke
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Username: paul_yorke

Post Number: 1761
Registered: 6-2006
Posted on Saturday, 18 March, 2017 - 06:34:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP
Also what grade oil are you using?
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David Towers
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Username: xtriple

Post Number: 118
Registered: 6-2010
Posted on Saturday, 18 March, 2017 - 21:04:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP
10/40. It's whatever the specialist put in, I prefer Mobil 1 and have always used it myself with excellent results, but I have no way of knowing what is in the big tubs that garages use. I did ask them what it was but after suggesting to them it was 'reconstituted chip fat from the local Greek taverna' I was told it was 'premium' stuff and stop being such a cheeky old ****!

It's just gauges really: when I started out driving in a MK10 Jaguar with multi gauges, I spent so much time watching them I am amazed I'm here today! I'm just the same with the Bentley, always looking at them to make sure they haven't deviated in the 10 seconds since last I looked! The slightest variation and I am on here worrying...
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Alan Ford
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Username: herne13

Post Number: 169
Registered: 8-2016
Posted on Sunday, 19 March, 2017 - 15:04:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP
I am not saying this is right or wrong but my Bentley technician recommends and uses only Penrite30 for my Turbo R/L.

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