Oil Pressure Sux, Got To Pull It Apart
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Oil Pressure Sux, Got To Pull It Apart I am an idiot. When I removed the oil pump after my cam install and put it back on I did not pull the Oring gasket out of the oil pump and sit it on the pick up tube so it looks like I know what my weekend plans will be. My oil pressure cold idle is only 42psi, oil pressure after running the **** out of it warm idle is only 23psi. It goes up to 60psi when I run it and up just slightly more when I let the motor wind down.
Oh well, its nobodies fault but mine.
Have any of you guys who have taken off and replaced your oil pump hadd this problem?
Oh well, its nobodies fault but mine.
Have any of you guys who have taken off and replaced your oil pump hadd this problem?
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Re: Oil Pressure Sux, Got To Pull It Apart </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by DailyAluminumBlock:
<strong> I am an idiot. When I removed the oil pump after my cam install and put it back on I did not pull the Oring gasket out of the oil pump and sit it on the pick up tube so it looks like I know what my weekend plans will be. My oil pressure cold idle is only 42psi, oil pressure after running the **** out of it warm idle is only 23psi. It goes up to 60psi when I run it and up just slightly more when I let the motor wind down.
Oh well, its nobodies fault but mine.
Have any of you guys who have taken off and replaced your oil pump hadd this problem? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes, I and plenty of others have had this problem. But my oil pressure was a constant 30psi when I was driving and dropped to 16psi at idle. I know the oring was on the pickup tube but when we took it apart again, the oring was completely gone. Disappeared. Probably got caught somehow and ripped it and then it got sucked into the engine.
<strong> I am an idiot. When I removed the oil pump after my cam install and put it back on I did not pull the Oring gasket out of the oil pump and sit it on the pick up tube so it looks like I know what my weekend plans will be. My oil pressure cold idle is only 42psi, oil pressure after running the **** out of it warm idle is only 23psi. It goes up to 60psi when I run it and up just slightly more when I let the motor wind down.
Oh well, its nobodies fault but mine.
Have any of you guys who have taken off and replaced your oil pump hadd this problem? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes, I and plenty of others have had this problem. But my oil pressure was a constant 30psi when I was driving and dropped to 16psi at idle. I know the oring was on the pickup tube but when we took it apart again, the oring was completely gone. Disappeared. Probably got caught somehow and ripped it and then it got sucked into the engine.
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Re: Oil Pressure Sux, Got To Pull It Apart Wow, that is weird. The bad thing about my situation is that I did not even attempt to make sure that the oring was there. Oh well. I guess you live and learn huh.
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Re: Oil Pressure Sux, Got To Pull It Apart Okay, call me stupid, but what is the oil pressure suppose to be? Because that's what mine is as well...40ishPSI at cold start, 25-30PSI at idle, and around 55PSI when getting on it.
Re: Oil Pressure Sux, Got To Pull It Apart If it helps, the pressure I get is around 40 psi idling when hot and it goes up to 60 or 80 psi as the engine revs up. The oil pump might be ok.
Still, if you think something is wrong you should check it or else you might end up doing more work later.
By the way, was the cam install difficult?
Still, if you think something is wrong you should check it or else you might end up doing more work later.
By the way, was the cam install difficult?