Low oil pressure problem PLEASE HELP
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went and got my car tuned at RET and its driving great. however i noticed the oil pressure was REALLL low after i left. about 10 psi at idle and up to 25 psi when driving, i drained the 5w-30 and put in vr1 50 and the pressure went up to about 19-20 at idle and up to 30-45 when driving. i dont know if the 5w-30 was the problem or this is just masking a problem because its a thicker oil or what. i checked the delievery system and theres no leaks, and the engine isnt knocking. i have the melling hi volume pump. idk where to start looking for a problem or what to do. other then the low oil pressure everything else seems to be fine.. any help is greatly appreciated..
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my stock gauge couldnt keep up with my melling and started reading reaaaaly funky (when i went WOT it would read 0 psi really scaring me) threw my auto meter on and the stock gauge will read 45 lbs when the automere is reading 50+
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high rev + low oil pressure = bad bearings.. thats what i always thought but it never went to zero.. normal drop may be around 10 psi under load. sounds like faulty/inaccurate gage to me... also the pump gets airbound or something like that.. the gears create a sort of vacuum and work against its self but im not sure if the melling has the machining grooves to prevent that... i may be completely wrong but i know this is a possibility...
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not without seeing inside the engine.... and you have to drop the oil pump and look at the gears but even then you wont know, i dont know the specs on the pump you used, i seriously doubt you have a bad pump... do the manual/mechanical gage on it.. seriously... im about 90% sure you have an inaccurate gage but be safe also, depending on what they did, if they got any rtv that got into the screen that can do it too... but you have to open the bottom to know for sure...
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If anyone else has a better idea of where to hook up the mechanical gauge, post up.
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I recently had the same problem. Got my car tuned and it was working fine, went racing a day later and the oil pressure dropped and was very low at idle. I was hoping it was the oil pressure gauge, but it wasn't. Ended up taking the oil pan off and looking at the bearings and I had spun a main bearing, with wear on the other bearings. So I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I think you have a bearing problem.