oil pressure drops really low when car warms up
oil pressure drops really low when car warms up
When the car is cold it starts right up and idles fine it has a LT4 conversion. When the car warms up it won't idles it stalls if you don't keep giving it gas the oil pressure drops real low.
thanks for any help you can give me in advance
thanks for any help you can give me in advance
Drops to zero and then stalls or stalls and then drops to zero? I know it's a trivial question, but that's kinda important. Keep in mind that once the idle drops down to a certain point, the oil pump is turning so slowly that it can't keep the pressure up. I would be willing to bet that if you can get the car to idle, you won't have the pressure problem. Try unplugging your MAF and see if it will idle.
After you installed the HotCam kit, did you get a tune? If not, it could be accounting for your idle problems in closed loop. (engine warm). As stated by many above, if the car won't idle, then you won't get oil pressure.
Also note, that if you live in one of the many areas of the country that are getting high temps above 100* right now, then chances are your oil is running hotter than usual and that will account for some loss of oil pressure as the oil loses viscosity as it gets hotter.
Also note, that if you live in one of the many areas of the country that are getting high temps above 100* right now, then chances are your oil is running hotter than usual and that will account for some loss of oil pressure as the oil loses viscosity as it gets hotter.
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