Subject	Do you monitor oil pressures with an aftermarket gauge?
Posted by	ttsmokin on November 07, 2015 at 7:26 PM
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In Reply To	Bearing Pictures... posted by tiale11 on November 06, 2015 at 09:18 AM
Message	Why are you running such a heavy weight on a brand new rebuild? 20w50 is something I would run on an old tired engine that blows smoke. You probably have extremely high oil pressure. On my recent rebuild, I'm running 5w30 and see close to 100psi on a cold start, 20psi warm idle and 40-50psi at 3000rpm cruise. I would not want to step it up to a thicker oil weight. I've never heard of anyone running King's bearings on the VG, not to say they aren't any good. It just seems that Clevite, ACL, or OEM bearings are the norm. Was you engine block oil galley holes thoroughly cleaned during the rebuild? How about the crankshaft oiling holes? I assume you are referring to the hose at the bottom of this photo that is the change in design over a previously blocked off oil cooler feed line for the Z1 kit? https://conceptzperformance.com/Cart/images/1231l.jpg
Follow Ups	Engine break in - oil cooler bypass - tiale11 12:27:11 11/03/15 If it's opening up it's because it's designed to do so. - BlackholeZ 15:59:16 11/03/15 Undesirable in the sense that.... - tiale11 17:16:02 11/03/15 Ah, I was thinking that the excess returned to the pan - BlackholeZ 21:51:09 11/03/15 In short, both... - tiale11 09:52:53 11/04/15 Bearing Pictures... - tiale11 09:18:35 11/06/15 Ouch - -Grimm- 15:50:32 11/06/15 Don't be fooled; they're not "ouch". Just shows some - Ashman2k2 11:52:11 11/07/15 ^ that (n/m) - tiale11 17:29:03 11/08/15 I would still consider unfiltered oil and embedded particles - -Grimm- 13:32:22 11/09/15 Do you monitor oil pressures with an aftermarket gauge? - ttsmokin 19:26:15 11/07/15 I was looking through your profile, and I don't see what - Ashman2k2 13:28:19 11/08/15 ^ That. More... - tiale11 17:48:02 11/08/15 Where is the 60psi valve? - ttsmokin 19:14:02 11/08/15 The 60psi is inside the tree at the cooler output location - tiale11 20:01:58 11/08/15 Please post back with results when you reinstall the valve - ttsmokin 21:18:47 11/08/15 I run stock turbos - ttsmokin 19:07:30 11/08/15 About the same oil temps for me as well - tiale11 20:09:35 11/08/15 Eh, not really "about the same" at 20deg higher temp :-) - Ashman2k2 10:49:02 11/09/15 I'm curious, where does that rule come from? - ttsmokin 18:19:48 11/09/15 Those tid bits of data can be misleading - Ashman2k2 11:25:15 11/10/15 Cool, numbers look good. Good thing you went to the higher - Ashman2k2 10:45:58 11/09/15 I am considering running Motul 300V in the future - ttsmokin 18:27:11 11/09/15 Got it. Balanced engine is good :-) (n/m) - Ashman2k2 11:27:40 11/10/15
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