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Age: 44 Posts: 1475 Joined: 5th Nov 2004 Ride: 98 EL Falcon - Last of the EL's Location: Muswellbrook |
i have a little problem i hope some one can help me with, my car, according to the gauge has high oil pressure, now being a newly rebuilt engine and only done about 1.5K's arfter being rebuilt would i need to pull my engine back down again (please god NOOOOO) or am i worried about nothing.
any help would be great.
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| LTDHO |
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High Oil press is very good. Is it still registering on the gauge?
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Age: 44 Posts: 1475 Joined: 5th Nov 2004 Ride: 98 EL Falcon - Last of the EL's Location: Muswellbrook |
Yes, only just, at idle it sits between the second last marker and the last marker on the gauge, but when you rev it a bit, it goes past the last marker (a little bit).
um can you tell me why High oil pessure is good?, i always heard its not so good.
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i think low pressure means that the engine has some major problems like somethin aint workin or your oil level is low.
dont qoute me on it though 
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both extremes are bad, low usually means excessive bearing gaps, high pressure could mean there is a blockage in one of the galleries, before jumping to conclusions, get your sender unit and gauge checked
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| Andrew J |
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{USERNAME} wrote: both extremes are bad, low usually means excessive bearing gaps, high pressure could mean there is a blockage in one of the galleries, before jumping to conclusions, get your sender unit and gauge checked
Hate to burst your bubble, but theres a fair chance its not gauges. Its still a good idea to check them, but after rebuilding an engine, it would seem suspicious that they went at the same time. But you never can be too careful 
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| EBXR8380 |
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Did they pack the oil return spring ?
Or fit a high presure / volume pump? Check with capilary gauge? It maybe 10 higher than normal, with electronic gauge it maybe alittle out of calibration ????Reading higher than it should...
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Age: 44 Posts: 1475 Joined: 5th Nov 2004 Ride: 98 EL Falcon - Last of the EL's Location: Muswellbrook |
{USERNAME} wrote: Did they pack the oil return spring ?
Or fit a high presure / volum pump? the Mods i did to my engine when i rebuilt it were,crank reground, the block decked 10thou, stg2 heads (unleaded), stg2 cam, bigger carb, more agressive coil. i left the oil pump as it was when it came out - standard, but i will now have my gauges checked - just to be safe.
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put a mechanical gauge on it close to the donk and what pressure is it at idle and at revs when warm
my old clevo had 95 psi and it ran for 7 years and umpteen hundred thousand ks with high oil pressure with no trouble what grade oil are you using . |
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| EBXR8380 |
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Hmm sounds like tight clearances??
I'd run a low visc oil !!! Like 5/30... to get good even lubrication....
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| GTFORDMAN |
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Age: 44 Posts: 1475 Joined: 5th Nov 2004 Ride: 98 EL Falcon - Last of the EL's Location: Muswellbrook |
{USERNAME} wrote: put a mechanical gauge on it close to the donk and what pressure is it at idle and at revs when warm
my old clevo had 95 psi and it ran for 7 years and umpteen hundred thousand ks with high oil pressure with no trouble what grade oil are you using . the grade of oil is, 10/40, i was worried about it being a little thin, & for some reason i can no longer find 20/40.
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| AXR88U |
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Maybe the sender unit is rooted
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Only real problem with too much pressure is that your soaking up a little power to drive the pump.
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| AXR88U |
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Maybe you need to use a softer bypass spring in the pump.
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