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Old Dec 31, 2004 | 08:21 PM
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First off I am not sure if this is in the right place or not, but here goes. I swapped to an ls6 intake today and in the process broke my oil pressure switch. I went to orielly's and got a new one. Now the oil pressure reads higher than it did before. Any ideas on this? Did the intake cause this, or did the new switch cause this?
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Old Dec 31, 2004 | 08:48 PM
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I broke mine off changing to a LS6 intake too. I bought one from the GM dealer and my oil pressure is the same as it was before. I did it with my cam swap and replaced the oil pump pick up tube O-ring also. I can't see any reason why the Intake would cause increased oil pressure. How much more pressure do you have than before?
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Old Dec 31, 2004 | 09:00 PM
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Maybe you got the turbo edition of the OP sending unit How much differnt is it 5lbs or so If so I would'nt worry about it might just be a slight calebration differnce.
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Old Dec 31, 2004 | 10:38 PM
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Yeah if it is not too much higher than it was before then dont worry about it
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at 75 the oil pressure is like 65. Is that normal? At idle it used to be like 40 and now is like 50 or 55. Should I even worry about this?
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Those #'s sound good to me, that's close to what I have. I personally would not worry about it.
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Old Jan 2, 2005 | 09:08 AM
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Sweet, thanks guys!!
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