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Subject Check the oil pan
     
Posted by Stadsport (Nick@CZP) on October 16, 2012 at 9:47 AM
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In Reply To Low Oil Pressure and Ticking posted by 300zxNA2TT on October 16, 2012 at 12:11 AM
     
Message The stock gauge is extremely unreliable, but you should still be seeing ~90 PSI when it's cold (at least, if you're above idle). If he's reading those numbers from a reliable gauge, then those numbers are definitely too low. Low oil pressure + ticking is a HUGE indicator of an oil starvation.

The oil pickup is at the lowest part of the pan on the driver's side, and the pan actually has a little circular area at the very bottom that comes down even further than the rest of the pan: that's right where the pickup tube is, and it's always the first part to get bashed in.

     
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