8.1l rebuilt engine low oil pressure
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8.1l rebuilt engine low oil pressure
ok 03 8.1l bored.060 over. crank measured stock clearances. melling oil pump 10w30 valvaline oil
since first start up i have had 45-50 psi of oil pressure at start up and once warm i get about 20 psi at idle and 40 at 2000 rpms
seems a bit low to me. havent put a manual gauge on yet but since the machine shop took all the plugs out im wondering if there was a restrictor some where that should have got put in and didnt
since first start up i have had 45-50 psi of oil pressure at start up and once warm i get about 20 psi at idle and 40 at 2000 rpms
seems a bit low to me. havent put a manual gauge on yet but since the machine shop took all the plugs out im wondering if there was a restrictor some where that should have got put in and didnt
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i have the hv melling pump.. the thing that really bothers the hell outta me is in wot when the oil is at its hottest the pressure drops.. from 2500-4500rpm it goes from around 40-30
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My suggestion is to add an extra quart of oil and see what it does.
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Speaking of the oil galleys... Not sure what they're doing with them, but indeed, many kits I see have two plugs with holes in them to lube the timing set, and you really should only need one. If the main galley plug has a hole in it I doubt you'd be making that much OP. If the extra qt of oil doesn't have an effect, I'd start asking questions to whomever assembled your engine.
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its due for a oil change anyway so ill change the oil tomorrow and see if that does it.. also gonna go to a little heavier oil... machine shop did the machine work and i did the full assembly
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added a quart of oil.. no change.. wot drops pressure still.. gonna swap out oil pressure sending unit.. if that doesnt give me a answer then its time for a manual gauge and then dropping the pan