oil presure problem after h/c swap
03-26-2005, 10:03 AM
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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
03-26-2005, 04:34 PM
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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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03-26-2005, 07:43 PM
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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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03-26-2005, 10:11 PM
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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
03-27-2005, 08:06 AM
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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
04-01-2005, 07:58 PM
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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
04-01-2005, 09:05 PM
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well this is what it did befor it blew change the oil started her up and she made 30psi and very slows as it got warm made it way down to zero took a goof 20mins
