200k
200k i hit 200,000 the other day on the way to race a friend on a back road kinda makes me proud you know and buy the way i lost he has a 9second street car but heel way not 
are you refering to mine?
my ball joints and lower A arm joints need replacing..
struts and shocks are new
FPS needed replacing due to hard starting.
rear end pinion bearings/pinion spacer shim/carrier bearings needed replacement, and i had some 4.10's thrown in there.
clutch hydraulics
and the oil pan is leaking a little.
not much is going out right now so im taking this opprotunity to mod it before she gets her PMS again
my ball joints and lower A arm joints need replacing..
struts and shocks are new
FPS needed replacing due to hard starting.
rear end pinion bearings/pinion spacer shim/carrier bearings needed replacement, and i had some 4.10's thrown in there.
clutch hydraulics
and the oil pan is leaking a little.
not much is going out right now so im taking this opprotunity to mod it before she gets her PMS again
Originally Posted by Levman74
Hey-I just bought myself a 96 T/A with 126k, im not sure what kind of repairs have been done-have you needed to fix any major wear parts? such as ball joints or things of that nature? thx
Last edited by @nthony; Sep 3, 2006 at 02:03 PM.
for that many miles an an old oil pump yea. the pickup screen may have needed to be cleaned. mine runs at 21-25psi full hot idle.
Originally Posted by Stanger88
I sold my LT1 A4 95 TA at 170K miles. It ran great and used no oil, but hot idle pressure was a needle thickness under 20psi. Is this normal for an LT1?
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Originally Posted by @nthony
for that many miles an an old oil pump yea. the pickup screen may have needed to be cleaned. mine runs at 21-25psi full hot idle.
LMAO, the owner ran Castroil 20-50 GTX before me. I cant stand Castroil, pure crap. I put in some Shell Rotella 15-40 and drained it 4 times at 3-500 mile intervals. Until about the 3rd oil drain the filter would plop out pudding type back jellied oil when shaken. The rotella cleaned the **** out of it, but the pickup tube very well coulda had an obstruction, however, when I nailed it, the pressure came up to 60ish very promptly.
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Verdad Gallardo same here.. my car was de carbonized, seafoamed, and re seafoamed before i bought it.
i run 20W50 high mileage Valvoline. because of the heat and it being a daily driver it needs to be thick. plus i run some lucas oil stabilizer.
the pick up tube or screen may have some metal shavings on/in it from the earlier live of the engine. that happened with my dad's 89 4.3 V6. i had to take the whole oil delivery system out of the block because there were metal shavings, hairs (wtf?!) and chunks of dried something.
i run 20W50 high mileage Valvoline. because of the heat and it being a daily driver it needs to be thick. plus i run some lucas oil stabilizer.
the pick up tube or screen may have some metal shavings on/in it from the earlier live of the engine. that happened with my dad's 89 4.3 V6. i had to take the whole oil delivery system out of the block because there were metal shavings, hairs (wtf?!) and chunks of dried something.
Originally Posted by Stanger88
LMAO, the owner ran Castroil 20-50 GTX before me. I cant stand Castroil, pure crap. I put in some Shell Rotella 15-40 and drained it 4 times at 3-500 mile intervals. Until about the 3rd oil drain the filter would plop out pudding type back jellied oil when shaken. The rotella cleaned the **** out of it, but the pickup tube very well coulda had an obstruction, however, when I nailed it, the pressure came up to 60ish very promptly.
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lucas oil treatment? you know that introduces air real bad into the oil? it may "climb" just like it should, but air is bad. Thought you might wanna know. Don't believe me? thats fine with me, just trying to help. But check out bobistheoilguy.com.
Levman74: There aren't a ton of wear iteams,(altho I'm a caprice driver, so everything but engine/auto are NOT the same) and most of them will be the expected kind, water pump, distributor(but those 2 are much stronger than GEN I ones), fuel pump, ya know? Just tune it up with plugs, wires,(the 96 coil wil likely be just fine) new fluids, fuel filter, front O2's(2nd set don't really do anything to concern drivability), TB gasket, Clean the TB, Clean the MAF(Does wonders), and so on. And if your serious about taking care of the engine, an autorx treatment will bump the compression back to "right after break in".
The previous owner of my cadillac didn't take great care of it, and I had that Jelly crap all over the inside of the valve covers.
Hope you enjoy it!
Levman74: There aren't a ton of wear iteams,(altho I'm a caprice driver, so everything but engine/auto are NOT the same) and most of them will be the expected kind, water pump, distributor(but those 2 are much stronger than GEN I ones), fuel pump, ya know? Just tune it up with plugs, wires,(the 96 coil wil likely be just fine) new fluids, fuel filter, front O2's(2nd set don't really do anything to concern drivability), TB gasket, Clean the TB, Clean the MAF(Does wonders), and so on. And if your serious about taking care of the engine, an autorx treatment will bump the compression back to "right after break in".
The previous owner of my cadillac didn't take great care of it, and I had that Jelly crap all over the inside of the valve covers.
Hope you enjoy it!
Last edited by MrCadillac; Sep 3, 2006 at 10:56 PM. Reason: added NOT
i didnt know that..
so thatll drop your true oil pressure or what?
so thatll drop your true oil pressure or what?
Originally Posted by MrCadillac
lucas oil treatment? you know that introduces air real bad into the oil? it may "climb" just like it should, but air is bad. Thought you might wanna know. Don't believe me? thats fine with me, just trying to help. But check out bobistheoilguy.com.
Levman74: There aren't a ton of wear iteams,(altho I'm a caprice driver, so everything but engine/auto are the same) and most of them will be the expected kind, water pump, distributor(but those 2 are much stronger than GEN I ones), fuel pump, ya know? Just tune it up with plugs, wires,(the 96 coil wil likely be just fine) new fluids, fuel filter, front O2's(2nd set don't really do anything to concern drivability), TB gasket, Clean the TB, Clean the MAF(Does wonders), and so on. And if your serious about taking care of the engine, an autorx treatment will bump the compression back to "right after break in".
The previous owner of my cadillac didn't take great care of it, and I had that Jelly crap all over the inside of the valve covers.
Hope you enjoy it!
Levman74: There aren't a ton of wear iteams,(altho I'm a caprice driver, so everything but engine/auto are the same) and most of them will be the expected kind, water pump, distributor(but those 2 are much stronger than GEN I ones), fuel pump, ya know? Just tune it up with plugs, wires,(the 96 coil wil likely be just fine) new fluids, fuel filter, front O2's(2nd set don't really do anything to concern drivability), TB gasket, Clean the TB, Clean the MAF(Does wonders), and so on. And if your serious about taking care of the engine, an autorx treatment will bump the compression back to "right after break in".
The previous owner of my cadillac didn't take great care of it, and I had that Jelly crap all over the inside of the valve covers.
Hope you enjoy it!
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i donno if that would drop the pressure, but the "oxidized" oil doesn't protect as well as straight oil. I saw this test where a guy had 2 clear boxes side by side. one was mobil 1, the other the same brand/weight with lucas at the proper rate. there were blender beater deals in it, and he turned the first one on for 10 seconds, then the 2nd one. the first one had a few air bubbles, but the lucas one had changed color, and it looked like there was more oil. it had turned whiteish, and due to the air in it, it looked like more. I would think that could drop pressure, as air compresses where oil does not.
Originally Posted by urbanhunter44
my car idles hot at about 10 psi, on the gas it'll spike to 40 though
63k miles
63k miles
Damn dude 63K miles for a car thats about 10 years old. Do you even drive your car lol.
last time I checked mine with a mechanical gauge with a 1.5% span accuracy it was about 16-18 psi (m1 0w40 with some miles on it) hot idle, and close to 50lbs at 4000rpm (didnt want to **** the neighbors off that day with a rev to 6000rpm in the driveway)
Im sure my hot idle is a lot hotter than most of yours because of the lack of oil cooler. My autometer electric gauge is a lying POS. Not sure if it's the gauge or what. Wiring is good it's been through two senders>
I originally thought I was going to have to replace my oil pump or even do a rebuild cause at hot idle it said I had 6.5psi. WOT was around 40psi. LYING SOB GAUGE
164K on my cars clock
Im sure my hot idle is a lot hotter than most of yours because of the lack of oil cooler. My autometer electric gauge is a lying POS. Not sure if it's the gauge or what. Wiring is good it's been through two senders>
I originally thought I was going to have to replace my oil pump or even do a rebuild cause at hot idle it said I had 6.5psi. WOT was around 40psi. LYING SOB GAUGE
164K on my cars clock
ive got 186K on my 94 on the stock motor, never rebuilt or pulled for any reason, and stock rear end. i did put a transmission in a few thousand miles ago. ive got a new motor for it next week. and i still outrun stock c5 corvettes
