Adding more than max oil level

DrBacon · 12-06-2020, 01:18 AM

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Rusty · 12-06-2020, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by DrBacon

Not overthinking it, has actually nothing to do with me but rather a friend's built 350z running ~9-10psi oil pressure at idle @ 1k rpm which by everything we've seen is for sure on the low side. We're just hoping it could be literally anything other than something internal.

Sounds like he's got the wrong size bearings.

jchammond · 12-06-2020, 03:34 AM

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Originally Posted by DrBacon

Not overthinking it, has actually nothing to do with me but rather a friend's built 350z running ~9-10psi oil pressure at idle @ 1k rpm which by everything we've seen is for sure on the low side. We're just hoping it could be literally anything other than something internal.

Back in the “Old-School” days, 10# per 1k rpm’s was acceptable...but idk on that particular engine

Spooler · 12-06-2020, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by DrBacon

Not overthinking it, has actually nothing to do with me but rather a friend's built 350z running ~9-10psi oil pressure at idle @ 1k rpm which by everything we've seen is for sure on the low side. We're just hoping it could be literally anything other than something internal.

Has he checked/replaced his galley gaskets on the front cover. This will cause him to loose the engine if he keeps driving it like this.
If the engine was just built, he's got problems with clearances.

DrBacon · 12-06-2020, 02:52 PM

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JARblue · 12-14-2020, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by DrBacon

The engine is fairly freshly built yes, there was an oil leak coming from the front timing cover after the build so it was taken apart to fix the leak, everything was rechecked at that point. All the gaskets were good except the bolts (or in this case, screws) were a little loose. The gaskets were replaced just in case and bolts retorqued with loctite. No change in oil pressure.

The engine is spec'd to well over a thousand hp but to be perfectly honest this was his first time building an engine so mistake very well could've been made. Just trying to make sure it could be literally nothing else.

Good luck with the rebuild

EPS has better bolts (than OEM or Z1) for the gallery gaskets

lol at the 1000hp spec... a first time engine builder has no business trying to get 1000hp out of a VQ37 block

DrBacon · 12-14-2020, 02:50 PM

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ZoomZ · 12-06-2020, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by DrBacon

Not overthinking it, has actually nothing to do with me but rather a friend's built 350z running ~9-10psi oil pressure at idle @ 1k rpm which by everything we've seen is for sure on the low side. We're just hoping it could be literally anything other than something internal.

Rule of thumb: OIL QUANTITY will not fix oil TEMP. or Oil Pressure problems!

(ok unless, you run so low that you aint picking the dam oil up-then it's your fault. LOL)

(or if you put too much in and the oil has no where to go, you'll build some sort of pressure.......somewhere. LOL.)

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