Trick450r

iTrader: (7)

So i went and looked at a 96' z28 6spd today and i think im going to buy it but i have one quick question...the oil pressure was hovering around the first line on the cauge, the line half way between half of the gauge and nothing. If this is not a problem i will be going back to pick the car up, but i thought this was alittle low.

chavez885

iTrader: (12)

That is normal once the car is warmed up. During startup it should probably be at the halfway mark.

Trick450r

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my other question was...the rear end had a pretty severe rattle. Now i have heard of these cars having this...however i was wondering what i need to fix it.

LT1

iTrader: (1)

Might be the exhaust or drive shaft vibration, or the rear end might have old fluid and need a diff service.

Also check to see if all the rear suspention bolts are tightend.

tspence45

iTrader: (30)

Mine's up by the 3/4 mark when warming up, then goes back down once it warms up a little.

tyler ovel

iTrader: (1)

I think that u should be carefule in buying this car. I got my 94 a couple of yrs ago and it had the same problem with the oil pressure but everthing else was nice. I started taking it to the track and at around 4800-5500 rpms my car would stutar and hesitate. I couldnt find out what the hell it was, thought it was many things on my car so i changed alot of stuff for the fuel/spark to the mass airflow, nothing worked until one day i watched the oil pressure when i raced the car and it would rise but then drop back down,then go up, then down. later i found out that when the oil pressure drops the computer shuts off the fuel so that explain the hesitation. i dont think it would be a good buy unless ur going to do a rebuild or plan on maybe changing out an oil pump or something but im not an expert!

1badzee

iTrader: (12)

i think it's fine.. my rebuilt motor has around 10k miles on it and at startup its a bit above 50psi and then drops down to about 1/4, sometimes a bit below it (around the area the one you're talking about is).

Trick450r

iTrader: (7)

yeah the car was warm when i saw the oil presure gauge ill check it at startup next time.

reesez28

iTrader: (4)

Mine does the same thing when it is warm, its normal!