Oil pressure problems solved!
Oil pressure problems solved! I don't know how many of you have seen this before.
My oil pan gasket did not make a good seal around where the filter send and return area were, and oil was leaking back into the pan from there.
After some thought on it last night I came up with that, got a new gasket, put it on, torqued the pan back down, boom 60psi, hooked the turbos back up, 50-60 psi again, killed the motor and shut down shop. Its always a relief to fix a problem serious as low oil pressure, the good news is the motor had at least 20-30psi when it was leaking oil, and it only ran for a few seconds at a time a few times, so I really doubt there was any damage.
My oil pan gasket did not make a good seal around where the filter send and return area were, and oil was leaking back into the pan from there.
After some thought on it last night I came up with that, got a new gasket, put it on, torqued the pan back down, boom 60psi, hooked the turbos back up, 50-60 psi again, killed the motor and shut down shop. Its always a relief to fix a problem serious as low oil pressure, the good news is the motor had at least 20-30psi when it was leaking oil, and it only ran for a few seconds at a time a few times, so I really doubt there was any damage.
Originally Posted by Boostaholic
I don't know how many of you have seen this before.
My oil pan gasket did not make a good seal around where the filter send and return area were, and oil was leaking back into the pan from there.
After some thought on it last night I came up with that, got a new gasket, put it on, torqued the pan back down, boom 60psi, hooked the turbos back up, 50-60 psi again, killed the motor and shut down shop. Its always a relief to fix a problem serious as low oil pressure, the good news is the motor had at least 20-30psi when it was leaking oil, and it only ran for a few seconds at a time a few times, so I really doubt there was any damage.
My oil pan gasket did not make a good seal around where the filter send and return area were, and oil was leaking back into the pan from there.
After some thought on it last night I came up with that, got a new gasket, put it on, torqued the pan back down, boom 60psi, hooked the turbos back up, 50-60 psi again, killed the motor and shut down shop. Its always a relief to fix a problem serious as low oil pressure, the good news is the motor had at least 20-30psi when it was leaking oil, and it only ran for a few seconds at a time a few times, so I really doubt there was any damage.
Originally Posted by smokinHawk
well good you found it and didnt damage anything. ad it was a simple fix
bythe way have you got recent picutes of the set up, we still all want to see.
bythe way have you got recent picutes of the set up, we still all want to see.
I just don't want people to see my gheto wiring right now, there are wires running all over the car while its in a "testing" on jack stands state, hell we even have a autometer oil press gauge mounted in the bay.
Originally Posted by Got Me SOM
interesting, how low was your oil pressure before the fix. Caveman you should check this out before ripping your motor apart tomorrow.
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glad you got it fixed man, and thanks for sharing all your fixes to problems that any one of us could run across. It might help later. I really don't think 20-30 psi for just a couple minutes would hurt anything btw...
Originally Posted by Got Me SOM
interesting my friend caveman is having a similar problem.
Originally Posted by Got Me SOM
I'd try tightening it up to see if that does anything, and then for the hell of it take it to NO Bull and blow it up there!