Some of you may know that I've been living with a LOW OIL press problem (40 psi max) for the past few months , well last weekend after I received my Gotham oil pan brace and my stainless steel oil pan stud kit I decided to check it out . What I found was that the floor of the sump was so badly dented , it was making contact with the lube oil pumps pickup (strainer) , I replaced the sump , knocked out the bottom of the replacement to make a little more clearance and put it back on . Now my idle pressure is 40 psi and most other times the pressure maintains between 80 and 100+ psi !

 

80-100 seems too high unless the car is cold or at high rpm.

 

Nope ,this pressure is fine , no oil leaks or any other adverse **** going on .My water temp is 180 and oil temp. 150-160 , from about 3000 it jumps to 80 psi from 4000 up its 100 - 100+ ! , , I have the 115psi race regulator installed .

 

Are you reading off an aftermarket guage or the stock one? The stock sending unit is garbage.

 

Autometer carbon fiber 0-100 psi gauge .

 

Hmmm, my oil pressure is usually pretty low too.

Edit: for those with a gauge what is it usually @ idle, at WOT, and at redline?

 

I have a newer low mileage sending unit for my stock gauge and it works fine, no need for an aftermarket one on my car

 

Rich, what does a good condition used sending unit go for? My gauge works intermittently, and I want to fix it. Thanks.

 

I don't think they're much more than 100 bucks from malloy. In this case I'd recommend getting a new one, a used one is going to be 11+ years old and will most likely go bad on you too

 

Uhm... In the name of not locking my engine?