high oil pressure?

by **1gSE** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 3:20 pm

So i changed my oil and decided to put on the oil filter sandwich adapter to hook up the oil pressure gauge. It has 4 ports, 2 1/8 npt, and 2....3/8, or something like that. My plan was to plug both 3/8 ports, use one 1/8 for the gauge and the other for the turbo oil feed. Turns out there's a feed and return side :roll:

so that ain't gonna work. Well anyway, i hooked it up to proper side...i have one of those pressure gauge nylon tubing installation kits...(per VDO instructions) and fired up the car...gauge read about 90 psi

and i heard an odd tapping sound, not the normal valvetrain noise, this was a little louder. I shut off the car, checked everything and tried again, same thing, so i took everything off and put just the filter back on. No noise :think:

I'm f*ckin lost. So the sandwich adapter seemed to be a waste of money. I guess i'll have to tee it off the oil pressure sending unit instead....or maybe i can still use it and run a restrictor on the turbo, and plug the other ports. Or maybe my gauge is f*cked, i dunno. Any ideas?

by **Eye8Pussies** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 4:13 pm

not sure about the noise, but nothing wrong with using the sandwich adapter

and 90psi sounds about right if the engine isn't warmed up. once it's fully warmed up, I believe idle should be around 20psi or so

by **1gSE** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:39 pm

ok cool thanks, i guess i'll put it back on when my new lines come in, cuz that 6 foot sh*t from o'rileys won't reach

high oil pressure?

high oil pressure?

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