How's your oil pressure?
09-04-2012, 03:35 PM
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we are exactly the same...im change oil if its the same ima return opsu and install the new one ,if its still the dame ima install a tsp ls6 ported......my car runs great no flaws.but i guess im just paranoid by this lil pressure guage....
09-04-2012, 04:04 PM
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I like the K&N due to the welded on Nut.
BTW my oil pressure (2002 WS6 T/A, near 60K miles, Heads and Cam, Melling High Volume Oil Pump w/low pressure spring, 10w 30 Pennzoil Platinum, same values for German Castrol)
Cold Start 60(ish)
Warm 40 (ish)
WOT 70-80
09-04-2012, 05:54 PM
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Yep same here.. I get paranoid very easily with my car lol. I might just get a m295 melling.
09-04-2012, 09:42 PM
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low oil psi is cause by restrictions in your lubrication system IE contaminants in your oil blocking the flow of your oil or possibly bearings starting to shift to block the oil passages in the block (when i say shifting it can be a very very small amount, not visible to the naked eye) try to change your oil when it's nice and hot at operating temperature to remove all the bad **** from your system the best . . . hot oil escapes better than cold oil and it takes particles with it that are in the oil
09-05-2012, 04:34 PM
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I just finished pulling my pump and pickup. I found the stock spring in the Melling 10295 pump was bent and almost broken. I took out the spring from my stock LS3 pump and it was at least twice as stiff as the Melling spring and thicker. I stuck a .100" shim back in with that spring and I now have 40psi hot idle. 65psi when revving. 
09-09-2012, 10:42 AM
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It sits a hair over 40 psi at idle, 60 at cruising (2000ish rpm), 80 at WOT. Those are all at operating temp. Stock motor at 95k miles using Mobil 1 for about 70k of those, then switched to Castrol Syntec (made my lifters not tick as much).
