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What oil are you using? What oil temps are you seeing?
Posted by
MixManMash
on July 16, 2016 at 4:34 PM
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Seems like oil pressure drops when the engine gets hot.
posted by Barry (NJ)
on July 16, 2016 at 03:24 PM
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What pressures are you seeing? If you're using the stock gauge, are you sure the sender is accurate when it gets hot?
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Barry (NJ)
16:26:05 07/15/16
Hey Barry!
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Ashman2k2
21:05:19 07/15/16
What problem are you solving? (n/m)
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Bernie (NoVA)
00:05:35 07/16/16
You're starting to sound like LJ. (n/m)
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MixManMash
06:10:27 07/16/16
Re: You're starting to sound like LJ.
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LJZTT
10:39:18 07/18/16
Seems like oil pressure drops when the engine gets hot.
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Barry (NJ)
15:24:47 07/16/16
What oil are you using? What oil temps are you seeing? -
MixManMash
16:34:47 07/16/16
Oil is Mobile1 5w-50, don't have an oil temp gauge. (n/m)
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Barry (NJ)
21:36:33 07/16/16
Oil presssure should be between 51 and 65 psi at 3000 rpm. (n/m)
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not4resaleZ
08:37:15 07/17/16
If your oil pressure gauge is accurate, and you can't
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not4resaleZ
08:48:55 07/17/16
Drops to what? at what RPM? (n/m)
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Bernie (NoVA)
22:58:44 07/17/16
Dump the 5w-50 and go with a 10w-30 or 40 (n/m)
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DAYTONAZ
12:28:42 07/17/16
Wrong. (n/m)
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MixManMash
13:02:13 07/17/16
We are talking about a synthetic oil so a 0w or 5w is a
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not4resaleZ
13:59:31 07/17/16
This and a UOA would be the right way to determine if an oil
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MixManMash
15:09:32 07/17/16
Not that there was any science behind this...
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CameronSF
09:53:37 07/18/16
Greg D also recommended this
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vorpalZ
12:33:35 07/18/16
Last time I talked to Greg and Seb about oil
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ZXRider
18:55:04 07/18/16
M1 0w40 should probably be labeled 0w35.
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not4resaleZ
19:56:48 07/18/16
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