Oil Pressure Issue?
Problem fixed.
I went and got my oil changed. Had them put new Mobil 1 5w 30 and Wix filter.
The pressure actually changes again with throttle and after a 2 hr drive has never seen 20 psi THANK GOD! highway 40-50psi idle 36psi WOT 58psi
I really hope you get everything going good OP. Good luck bro!
I went and got my oil changed. Had them put new Mobil 1 5w 30 and Wix filter.
The pressure actually changes again with throttle and after a 2 hr drive has never seen 20 psi THANK GOD! highway 40-50psi idle 36psi WOT 58psi
I really hope you get everything going good OP. Good luck bro!
Good to hear everything worked out for you man. Now you can keep it and not get into a crappy civic, LOL. I am going to do the same here prob this weekend (just never enougth time). Once I do that I think I'll also do the LS6 oil pump since Im taking things apart anyway. Thanks for the feedback.
im havin the same oil pressure signs with my car.. starts up at bout 40 then after gettin hot its 24-26ish and sometimes drops a little lower like 20-22 but comes back up to 24-26.. wot throttle up to bout 5k rpms im just barely over 50psi (havnt went over 5k rpms)... usually when im driving say im bout 2000 rpms im sittin bout 35psi.. 2500 rpms im bout 40psi (thats not gettin on it just keepin it bout those rpms)..
ive made an appointment to get my oil pump changed cause i was thinkin that it may have some lil shavings as my cam backed out due to the original shop not using locktite when the cam was installed!! .. car runs flawlessly other then that!! im gonna change my oil to and see what that does for me!
ive made an appointment to get my oil pump changed cause i was thinkin that it may have some lil shavings as my cam backed out due to the original shop not using locktite when the cam was installed!! .. car runs flawlessly other then that!! im gonna change my oil to and see what that does for me!
I have the same issue. At WOT warm, i used to get 60psi now it wont pass 50psi. When the car warms up at idle i the needle tends to be kinda jumpy from 30-35psi. Hit the gas and it moves up to 40psi. I bought a new oil sending unit and melling high volume pump but im going to wait to throw it on when i do a cam swap.
The one concern i have is that if its not my oil pump or sending unit it could be that my motor is leaking on the cylinder walls. I guess i need to research how to do a leak down test. Anybody know how?
The one concern i have is that if its not my oil pump or sending unit it could be that my motor is leaking on the cylinder walls. I guess i need to research how to do a leak down test. Anybody know how?
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Same problem her a couple years ago and ended up being my cam retainer plate. The little gasket had blown out and the bolts had come loose. Put in a new one and now i have massive oil pressure. Just throwing that out there. I have a post out there with some pics.
Thanks. I'll look it up.
Yea, when i put my cam in i replaced the cam retainer plat with a new one and used loc tite on the bolts, but my pressure has not went below 30 lbs at idle, cruising it is about 35 at 1800+/-, and i have been beating the **** out of it so i am going to have to call it good.
any other updates???
i just changed my oil, went with a lil heavier weight since its what i had layin around, but i bought a mobil 1 filter..
so far my results have went like this..
start up: before bout 40-42psi - now bout 55psi
heated up @ idle: before bout 22-26psi - now 36-42psi
wot: bout 5k rpms only 50-52psi - now ive seen 78-80psi wot prolly bout 5500-6k rpms
im not gonna get too excited now but im goin to see how it does..
ps what oil and oil wt does every1 use
i just changed my oil, went with a lil heavier weight since its what i had layin around, but i bought a mobil 1 filter..
so far my results have went like this..
start up: before bout 40-42psi - now bout 55psi
heated up @ idle: before bout 22-26psi - now 36-42psi
wot: bout 5k rpms only 50-52psi - now ive seen 78-80psi wot prolly bout 5500-6k rpms
im not gonna get too excited now but im goin to see how it does..
ps what oil and oil wt does every1 use
have any of the posters with the ideas of changing out their oil pumps and dropping their oil skillets and what not done and actual pressure test. where you install the oil filter adapter and use a manual gauge to read the pressure? just wondering. oh btw, delco filters are reallly good... i mean they do put them on at the factory. just sayin. lol
where can you get this k&n extended filter you speak of...
UPDATE:
Before tearing into it I decided to do the simplest thing, change oil filter and oil. Went with mobile 1 filter and oil (special at autozone). So far the car is holding up pretty good. Hasnt seen less than 40 psi at idle and about 60 at WOT. Thanks for everyone's insight.
Before tearing into it I decided to do the simplest thing, change oil filter and oil. Went with mobile 1 filter and oil (special at autozone). So far the car is holding up pretty good. Hasnt seen less than 40 psi at idle and about 60 at WOT. Thanks for everyone's insight.