DocHolidaySLI
Registered User
1991 SC 5spd
I probably already know the answer to this question(and don't want to face it), but i'm getting a huge drop of oil pressure on acceleration, a big enough drop to trigger the "Check Gauges" Light
At idle i can hit 5k and hold it and oil pressure goes up and holds just like it's supposed to, everything that i know about typical lubrication systems indicates that i have crank bearings and/or Thrust bearings failing on me
i haven't put a oil pressure gauge on the engine and ran around town with it to see what the numbers are, and it's a 5pd so i cant put a load on it at a standstill so i would have to rig up something and not really necessary as i have done the OP gauge conversion, and replaced the sender with a new one today and the oil pressure gauge goes up at idle so that leads me to believe that the gauge is telling the truth
There is no lower end noise coming from the engine which is weird, no loss of power, one would think that if you lost this kind of oil pressure at 4k+ RPM you would lock it up in a second, hence me tossing this post up, maybe u guys know something i dont about these engines
To those of you that know these engine inside and out, have i missed something?
I probably already know the answer to this question(and don't want to face it), but i'm getting a huge drop of oil pressure on acceleration, a big enough drop to trigger the "Check Gauges" Light
At idle i can hit 5k and hold it and oil pressure goes up and holds just like it's supposed to, everything that i know about typical lubrication systems indicates that i have crank bearings and/or Thrust bearings failing on me
i haven't put a oil pressure gauge on the engine and ran around town with it to see what the numbers are, and it's a 5pd so i cant put a load on it at a standstill so i would have to rig up something and not really necessary as i have done the OP gauge conversion, and replaced the sender with a new one today and the oil pressure gauge goes up at idle so that leads me to believe that the gauge is telling the truth
There is no lower end noise coming from the engine which is weird, no loss of power, one would think that if you lost this kind of oil pressure at 4k+ RPM you would lock it up in a second, hence me tossing this post up, maybe u guys know something i dont about these engines
To those of you that know these engine inside and out, have i missed something?