How is it done?? I've narrowed my ticking problem to lifters draining down while at hot idle. When hot at 800 rpm oil pressure is a fairly low 16 psi.......and the ticking begins, it goes away off idle. If I can just get the pressure up to 20 at idle, the ticking would stop. Cheers!
Increasing oil pressure at idle?
- Thread starter Skids
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Jerryl
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At 16 PSI hot, you should not have any ticking, which tell me something is going on. Listed "Hot idle oil pressure" spec is listed 10-15. Maybe the gage is off and it is lower than what it is saying.
A coupe of ways to increase pressure (Some listed, may not really a good option :tongue: )
Increase idle RPM
Decrease pump clearances (Were the pump clearances set-up correctly?)
Run a heavier weight oil (On a new motor this should not have to be done)
Cool down the oil some more
Decrease engine clearances.
The guage is a brand new Autometer, tapped off the oil pressure sender port. The re-build was a "freshen-up"....the mains looked good, the rods were replaced with .001 on the standard crank.....tolerances checked O.K......I'm running 5w30 oil.......the oil pump is a HV unit (adapter plate) clearances checked O.K -No oil cooler- ........mabey I just have a couple of bad lifters?
thunderace31
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lol my engine has never seen more than 10 at idel and it dosnt tick
Jerryl
Tall Unvaccinated Chinese Guy
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- Dec 14, 2004
May not be oil pressure related ............... anymore
Pull the motor and go through it.
