oil presure problem after h/c swap
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oil presure problem after h/c swap
when i start the car when its cold it makes 45pis at idle. after it warms up it goes down to 30psi after driving it a bit sitting at a light it will be on top of the lil red bars at like 5psi but driving it at 1500rpm iits at 30psi when i rev it to redline it goes like 45psi. why when im sitting at a light will it drop down to liek 5psi thenthe check gauge light comes on
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presure befor was 35 at a hot idle i just took it apart and the oil pump o ring was fine i replace the oil pump with a ported ls6 from thunder
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if you aren't carefull when you put the oil pump back on you can slice a chunk out of the o-ring. Been there and done that. I had the exact same problems you are experiancing and sure enough. When I took the pump back off a chunk was missing out of the o-ring!
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i took the oil pump out befor and the o ring was perfect and went back on perfect. i think the spacer used from the double rommer timing cain was upside down only letting haf the oil thro to the block from the pump... we will see when i get my water pump gasgets this week
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i took the oil pump out befor and the o ring was perfect and went back on perfect. i think the spacer used from the double rommer timing cain was upside down only letting haf the oil thro to the block from the pump... we will see when i get my water pump gasgets this week
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Originally Posted by 1984camaroz28
well i change the oil after the gasgets got here then put some 10w40in took it out for a ride and k bang spun a bearing