Low Oil Pressure...

[SLOSHO89]

The oil pres. light on my SHO has been comming on at idle so I decided to change the sensor. I also bought a pres. guage that reads the actual pres. I hooked that up and it said about 5-6 psi!!! at idle. When the revs go up, pres. goes up also. The motor is supposed to have a new oil pump....

What should I do? Is there anyway that I can adjust the pres.? Is it possible to install it wrong? I haven't been driving it and won't...untill it's fixed.

This is just a thought....the old motor was missing the rod bearing (thats how I bought it). Could they be related? / how?

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Oxford White '89 SHO
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SHO SHOP Y-Pipe
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[jthomas68]

Good job not driving it.I run around 11psi at idle and go up at least 12psi for every 1000rpm.It`s rare that the oil pumps fail,but it does happen.

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Jeremy Thomas
Modified 91+
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[AutoXSHO]

Sounds like rod bearings to me.

How much mileage? They seem to last around 100k.

John V

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95 MTX with mods.

 

[SLOSHO89]

I was partially rebuilt, new bearings, oil pump, cam chains... Less than 250 miles since partial rebuild.

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Oxford White '89 SHO
QUIKSHO Plates
SHO SHOP Y-Pipe
Slicers, SHO+ hood and spoiler.

Web Page www.geocities.com/web_page66/
E-mail, [email protected]
AIM; SLOSHO89 I like to talk SHOs