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Old 02-11-2007, 09:04 PM
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Default Low oil Pressure after cam install (C6)

I just did a cam swap on my 2005 corvette and when the car idles it has about 4-7 psi of oil pressure. When i drive in overdrive at about 2000 rpm i have about 30 psi of oil pressure. Can anyone please give me and idea of what the problem may be..All help is appreciated
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If you took the oil pick up tube off a pinched o-ring
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Copied the thread over here as well. Thought you'd get more responses.
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Well, if all you did was pull the cam and swap I'd say the cam journals are undersized compared to the stock journals which is causing your pressure loss. If you pulled the oil pump it's possible you pinched the O-ring.



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