Oil pressure lower than normal after some hard runs.. Suggestions?
07-30-2013, 08:00 AM
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Oil pressure lower than normal after some hard runs.. Suggestions? I just put in my new forged 347 a few weeks ago and got it tuned. Runs awesome. I've got about 250 miles on it now. I have changed the oil 4 times so far.
My oil pressure at idle has always been around 40 and 75 at WOT. I went out to a car meet last weekend and did about 5 or 6 hard runs with the car and now the oil pressure is at 20PSI at idle and Fluctuates from 40 - 45PSI at WOT.
I don't hear any abnormal ticking or other motor noises and the car still has TONS of power.
I changed the oil today to see if it brought up the pressure any and it didn't still idled at 20PSI and was 45ish at WOT. Considering I am spinning my car to nearly 7K RPM I don't think 45PSI is going to work.
Could it be a bad oil pump already? I am open to suggestions of what to check or do next.
My oil pressure at idle has always been around 40 and 75 at WOT. I went out to a car meet last weekend and did about 5 or 6 hard runs with the car and now the oil pressure is at 20PSI at idle and Fluctuates from 40 - 45PSI at WOT.
I don't hear any abnormal ticking or other motor noises and the car still has TONS of power.
I changed the oil today to see if it brought up the pressure any and it didn't still idled at 20PSI and was 45ish at WOT. Considering I am spinning my car to nearly 7K RPM I don't think 45PSI is going to work.
Could it be a bad oil pump already? I am open to suggestions of what to check or do next.
