10.99 or burn it
03-18-2012, 10:50 AM
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Went back to track yesterday and backed up my 10.98 with a 10.95,10.97,10.99 .but I think I hurt something.my oil pressure is normally 38 at idle and 58 at 60the MPH now 32 at idle and 45 at 60
03-18-2012, 10:25 PM
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as long as the pressure is steady your likely fine.. when i spun a rod bearing the pressure was up and down like mad. Doubtful you hurt anything. With my turbo after 1500 miles the oil loses like 15 psi at both wot and idle. Goes from 75psi new to 60psi old. And before you go tearing your motor apart verify pressure with a manual gauge and check your filter for crap. I cut mine apart when i spun the rod bearing for fun.... lol ugly.
03-19-2012, 02:35 AM
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get the rotella out of there!!!
put regular oil in there and you will see a difference, they changed there formula for that stuff in the past few years and its not good at all, too much detergents in it.
I actually witnessed a motor lose oil pressure from 60psi at cruising down to about 20psi.
Drained it and put cheap conventional oil in it and it was back to normal...i have seen this happen with several motors where they lost alot of pressure using rotella!
Just run mobil 1 or anything other then that stuff.
put regular oil in there and you will see a difference, they changed there formula for that stuff in the past few years and its not good at all, too much detergents in it.
I actually witnessed a motor lose oil pressure from 60psi at cruising down to about 20psi.
Drained it and put cheap conventional oil in it and it was back to normal...i have seen this happen with several motors where they lost alot of pressure using rotella!
Just run mobil 1 or anything other then that stuff.
03-19-2012, 03:09 AM
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get the rotella out of there!!!
put regular oil in there and you will see a difference, they changed there formula for that stuff in the past few years and its not good at all, too much detergents in it.
I actually witnessed a motor lose oil pressure from 60psi at cruising down to about 20psi.
Drained it and put cheap conventional oil in it and it was back to normal...i have seen this happen with several motors where they lost alot of pressure using rotella!
Just run mobil 1 or anything other then that stuff.
put regular oil in there and you will see a difference, they changed there formula for that stuff in the past few years and its not good at all, too much detergents in it.
I actually witnessed a motor lose oil pressure from 60psi at cruising down to about 20psi.
Drained it and put cheap conventional oil in it and it was back to normal...i have seen this happen with several motors where they lost alot of pressure using rotella!
Just run mobil 1 or anything other then that stuff.
03-19-2012, 05:24 AM
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Ill change it today and see what happens. Thanks for the info. I really want to bring it to the track one more time and try a 125 shot on it before I take it out.
03-19-2012, 09:30 PM
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i'm sure it is the rotella and everything is fine.
The valvoline 50w racing oil really isn't needed in an engine like yours, it was mainly for old school motors with solid cams that needed the extra zinc in the oil, but i'm sure it couldn't hurt, one of the reasons so many people have used the rotella in past, but lately with the high detergents its no good.
I would say any synthetic oil would be your best bet
The valvoline 50w racing oil really isn't needed in an engine like yours, it was mainly for old school motors with solid cams that needed the extra zinc in the oil, but i'm sure it couldn't hurt, one of the reasons so many people have used the rotella in past, but lately with the high detergents its no good.
I would say any synthetic oil would be your best bet
