kassim503
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I seem to have a little oil pressure bugger thats threatening to detonate my motor if its not addressed cautiously. It all started when I was cruising down to the SS rally @ rausch creek, about a 1.5 hour drive. Drove her hard and fast, had normal oil pressure at the time (cold- 25 idle 55 driving, hot- 10 idle 35 driving) Sounds a little low but its probably from the miles logged on those bearings. Got there and ran it, ran great. After leaving I noticed i was a solid 0-2 psi idle and barely 20 driving, stopped a bunch of times letting it cool and force cooling with water over the oil cooler eventually overfilling it with about a quart, no real improvement. (it was alot of miles on the way back)
Got back and changed the oil, old oil was miserably dirty had a little metal shavings but nothing major. Oil pressure went up, but only by a little (cold- 20 idle and 40 driving, hot 5 idle and 25 driving).
This is where I stand right now, I think, either the mechanical gauge in there is broke, I busted the glass out of it and the needle comes to a true resting point about 5-7 psi below the 0 mark when lifted below the stop pin.
The pickup tube is damaged from the bumps at RC
The pickup tube is clogged from the sudden all day run-a thon that the truck hasnt done in a year or so. Should I attempt to seafoam? ?? it sounds like a bad idea but I really dont want to drop the pan.
The relif valve is stuck open dumping all of my pressure, where is it located?
Lastly, The pump took a dump (highly doubt it)
Also, I was wondering if the pressure port on the filter housing is any different than taking the pressure off the port on the back of the block above the bellhousing, im gonna stick a calibrated gauge on there to test the true extent of this disaster.
Of couse any input is helpful, thanks in advance
Got back and changed the oil, old oil was miserably dirty had a little metal shavings but nothing major. Oil pressure went up, but only by a little (cold- 20 idle and 40 driving, hot 5 idle and 25 driving).
This is where I stand right now, I think, either the mechanical gauge in there is broke, I busted the glass out of it and the needle comes to a true resting point about 5-7 psi below the 0 mark when lifted below the stop pin.
The pickup tube is damaged from the bumps at RC
The pickup tube is clogged from the sudden all day run-a thon that the truck hasnt done in a year or so. Should I attempt to seafoam? ?? it sounds like a bad idea but I really dont want to drop the pan.
The relif valve is stuck open dumping all of my pressure, where is it located?
Lastly, The pump took a dump (highly doubt it)
Also, I was wondering if the pressure port on the filter housing is any different than taking the pressure off the port on the back of the block above the bellhousing, im gonna stick a calibrated gauge on there to test the true extent of this disaster.
Of couse any input is helpful, thanks in advance