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Old 03-10-2007, 04:54 PM
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nice out today so i took the beast out......when im driving the oil pressure is way past 40 like it should be... when i stop at a light it goes below 40 and when the car starts surging like its going to die "on stock tune" the pressure drops drops raises drops stays before 40 then i give it some gas and it raises like normal... im guessing its just trying to die and the oil pressure goes down??? or maybe i just need that tune!!!
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oil pressure is going to fluctuate like that when the car is trying to find idle, as the pump runs off the crank.

get a tune to smooth that beast out. then the pressure should look normal.
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get a tune to stop that idle issue. Like he said above it will jump around if its having a hard time finding idle.
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Yup, ^what they said. Completely normal if your still on the stock tune.
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ok guys i was doing bout 65 on expressway then i heard a loud knocking noise like maybe a loose rocker... i pulled over let the car idle then it went away and never came back????? just to be safe ima check the rockers before i get my tune next monday??
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ok guys i was doing bout 65 on expressway then i heard a loud knocking noise like maybe a loose rocker... i pulled over let the car idle then it went away and never came back????? just to be safe ima check the rockers before i get my tune next monday??
Thats weird. Yeah i would definetly pull the valve covers and check everything before the tune.
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i did a little test so i was driving home tonight and i went bout 55 60mph ish ,rpms 2500 or so it was the loud clanging tciking noise.. im pritty damn sure it a loose rocker or it aint on the valve straight or something becuase i only hear it on driver side... when its at idle its just normal sewing machine noise hmmmm




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