Stock LQ9 6.0L Oil Pressure at Idle?

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Aug 18, 2006 | 09:55 AM

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my 05vho has same pressure as yours. compared to my old 5.3 it seemed low but everyone says it's ok.

Aug 18, 2006 | 11:24 AM

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My 6.0 runs about 40 at idle hot and 50-60 at WOT.

Aug 18, 2006 | 12:30 PM

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My brother's 6.0 has the same pressure as yours. First time I drove it, I was like WTF?!?! He said it had been like that from the get-go and he has over 70K miles on a 2yo truck.

Aug 18, 2006 | 04:33 PM

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depends cooler weather and temps 45ish hot days and temps 40

Aug 18, 2006 | 06:55 PM

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i would not change the pump how many miles on the motor your talking about mine had issue with oil pressure and it turned out that the bearings were bad

Aug 18, 2006 | 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by CHEVY6000VHO

So the oil pump Lingenflter sells is only a high volume pump?
Why is everyone telling me to change my oil pump out while I'm changing my cam out then? Do I need to change the oil pump that only has 30,000mi on it?
Here are my mods going in: Cam: 220/570/570/117lsa, Radix (3.0" pulley), Meth, & Dynatech Lt's.
So do you recommend using the same pump, new o.e. pump, or a different pump?

Jim

There seems to be alot of debate about this...I re-used my oil pump when I swapped cams at 37K...didn't see any reason to replace it. It was and is operating fine, oil pressure is good, and I haven't heard of any oil pump failures on our trucks (I did read of some problems on the early GENIII F-bodies on tech, and some o-ring issues, but that's it). When I build my 6.0 I'm gonna go with a new Lingenfelter pump just because...I figure since I'm gonna have the whole engine apart on the stand it couldn't hurt, plus I trust the Lingenfelter name, and the price is right compared to what alot of the ported and "blueprinted" pumps are going for.

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Originally Posted by Zick

I'm actually running the stock oil pump from my 5.3 but that shouldn't matter since they should be the same.

I believe you are correct sir, the 4.8-6.0's all use the same pump...I believe the part number is actually the same for the LS1 and LS6's also.

Aug 18, 2006 | 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by litreddevil

i would not change the pump how many miles on the motor your talking about mine had issue with oil pressure and it turned out that the bearings were bad

If you think so, then get ya litred-truck ova to my house and change mine out!