Oil pressure concern! need opinions
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Oil pressure concern! need opinions Alright guys I have a concern with my oil pressure
I recently did a cam swap and installed a new oil pump at the same time
Then one I bought was the High volume GM performance pump from summit.
I changed the oil at the same time with valvoline 5w30 full syn
Previous to this I was running Valvoline VR1 50. I did this to try and quiet down my valvetrain with my old cam. I had ran that oil for about 15k miles
My concern is-
Now at hot idle im only at about 20lbs
and my WOT is only about 40.
Should I be concerned about those numbers?
When Installing the new pump, I replaced the oring and took extra caution when installing the pickup tube as to not pinch the o-ring. Bottom line, I know it was installed correctly.
I didnt replace the cam retainer plate and my sending unit is stock from 97.
Could running such a heavy oil previous to this caused problems with bearing clearances?
since my new pump is high volume, could that also mean low pressure?
Maybe I shouldnt be worried, Ive never seen it go below 20 and im running a fairly thin oil at this point but I dont want to grenade my motor any time soon.
New pump has about 500 miles on it now
I could go back to running a heavier oil but thought Id get some opinions
I recently did a cam swap and installed a new oil pump at the same time
Then one I bought was the High volume GM performance pump from summit.
I changed the oil at the same time with valvoline 5w30 full syn
Previous to this I was running Valvoline VR1 50. I did this to try and quiet down my valvetrain with my old cam. I had ran that oil for about 15k miles
My concern is-
Now at hot idle im only at about 20lbs
and my WOT is only about 40.
Should I be concerned about those numbers?
When Installing the new pump, I replaced the oring and took extra caution when installing the pickup tube as to not pinch the o-ring. Bottom line, I know it was installed correctly.
I didnt replace the cam retainer plate and my sending unit is stock from 97.
Could running such a heavy oil previous to this caused problems with bearing clearances?
since my new pump is high volume, could that also mean low pressure?
Maybe I shouldnt be worried, Ive never seen it go below 20 and im running a fairly thin oil at this point but I dont want to grenade my motor any time soon.
New pump has about 500 miles on it now
I could go back to running a heavier oil but thought Id get some opinions
Last edited by Jarren_b; May 6, 2015 at 07:18 PM.
