Fd super low oil pressure but doesnt smoke?
03-06-09, 12:00 AM
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Fd super low oil pressure but doesnt smoke?
So I am checking a FD out for a friend ,possible rebuild for me and I went through the basics.
It fires right up on the first try. Idle is superb and doesnt smoke at idle .Water temp is great. He is running a power FC so I was looking at all the data on the hand held.
He tells me that its been smoking lately , I took it for a spin and it seems fine. Now heres the curve ball. Oil pressure hangs between 10-30 psi and under load it will maybe hit 60 psi. No I know at idle 60psi should be the operating pressure. Under load anywhere between 60-85 psi is good.
But it doesnt smoke at all. NO leaks.
My guess - Could it be the front o-ring on the front cover?
It fires right up on the first try. Idle is superb and doesnt smoke at idle .Water temp is great. He is running a power FC so I was looking at all the data on the hand held.
He tells me that its been smoking lately , I took it for a spin and it seems fine. Now heres the curve ball. Oil pressure hangs between 10-30 psi and under load it will maybe hit 60 psi. No I know at idle 60psi should be the operating pressure. Under load anywhere between 60-85 psi is good.
But it doesnt smoke at all. NO leaks.
My guess - Could it be the front o-ring on the front cover?
03-06-09, 12:02 AM
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where are you getting the pressure readings from ?
unless it`s from an aftermarket quality gauge .. they are wrong
install a mechanical instead of the oil pressure sender and check again
unless it`s from an aftermarket quality gauge .. they are wrong
install a mechanical instead of the oil pressure sender and check again
03-06-09, 01:10 AM
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the stock guage and sending units in these cars are **** mine will read 60 them out of nowhere a minute later read 0 then go back up to 30 or 60. As long as you have oil pressure on the stock guage its fine but get a new guage soon and while you are at it get a new water temp guage they don't register hot untill its too late for your coolant seals. I recomend defi cause you can put them where the stock ones go and they look almost identical just relocate your oil warning light and water level light with leds.
03-06-09, 05:17 AM
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Minimum oil pressure at 3k rpm is 50 psi. AFAIK, the FSM doesn't give a minimum at idle, but it's not influenced by load.
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