Engine Ticking Noise Rythmic

Jordan12berg

I’ll check for that this weekend when I got time.

And for the oil pressure, I have one of those obd2 Bluetooth things and oil pressure isnt a sensor on our cars, so my only option is to get an oil pressure gauge and install it? If that gasket is blown I should be consuming oil at a noticeable rate right? I’ll check my oil today and keep an eye on the levels every day.

I appreciate y’all help on this.

Rusty

You have to install a separate gauge to check pressure. If the valley gaskets are leaking by. You will not lose oil. The oil will just go back into the oil pan. The gaskets are under the front timing cover.

Here's the thread on it.

DIY: 370z Oil Galley

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Spooler

Yeap, If I had to guess the oil galley gaskets would be the culprit.

Rusty

My thinking on it. At 2,200 to 4,000 rpm. He should have about 50 ~ 60 psi. That maybe what is needed for the VVL and Varivalve timing to operate there. Not enough oil pressure and things get noisy. Once he goes past 4,000 rpm, oil pressure goes up, and things quite down. He may have enough oil pressure to operate everything above 4,000 rpm's. Might have just enough of a leak to cause an issue between 2,200 and 4,000 rpm's. If I'm right. He maybe be catching it before the real damage starts. Won't know until he mounts an oil pressure gauge.

Remember to get one that reads from 0 to 150 psi.

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FYI. The engine oil pressure specs listed in the FSM at an engine oil temperature of 176 degrees F are approximately 14 psi at idle and 43 psi at 2,000 rpm.

Rusty

I know what the FSM says. But this is what is real.
Cold start psi is around 100 psi. Once off of fast idle. The pressure drops to around 35~38 psi. The pressure will raise with rpm. It will get to 95 psi at around 5,000 rpm. This is why you can't install a 100 psi gauge. It will be pegged. Have to go with a 150 psi gauge.

My low pressure warning light is set to come on at 25psi on my gauge. The 14 psi in the FSM is just enough to turn off the factory warning light.

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