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Old 04-11-2024, 09:14 AM   #1
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Is this low oil pressure???

I have an SS camaro with an LS3 engine thay has 99,000 miles I was doing some mildly hard driving in the canyons and this is my oil presure when i got to the top. I feel like this is too low for idle. Is my engine going out, how can i fix it if it is, or am i just trippin. When im at redline i get arround 4bar-4.5bar whitch i think is normal. The check engine light is for catless long tubes and no other issues.
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Old 04-11-2024, 09:46 AM   #2
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What does it do as it comes off idle?
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Old 04-11-2024, 09:54 AM   #3
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I have an SS camaro with an LS3 engine thay has 99,000 miles I was doing some mildly hard driving in the canyons and this is my oil presure when i got to the top. I feel like this is too low for idle. Is my engine going out, how can i fix it if it is, or am i just trippin. When im at redline i get arround 4bar-4.5bar whitch i think is normal. The check engine light is for catless long tubes and no other issues.
Yes it's border line like most with a stock oil pump. No your engine isn't going out. It's just because of the temp getting so high and thinning the oil out. I didn't like seeing mine that low either so I upgraded to a high volume pump. The only way to bring up your idle pressure is with a higher volume pump like the melling 10296 or to maybe cool your engine oil with an aftermarket oil cooler. But the better option is with the pump.
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Old 04-11-2024, 10:01 AM   #4
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That is low idle pressure.

A high volume pump is not the answer lol.
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Yes it's border line like most with a stock oil pump. No your engine isn't going out. It's just because of the temp getting so high and thinning the oil out. I didn't like seeing mine that low either so I upgraded to a high volume pump. The only way to bring up your idle pressure is with a higher volume pump like the melling 10296 or to maybe cool your engine oil with an aftermarket oil cooler. But the better option is with the pump.
Which is exactly what i will be doing in the next phase of my build. Cam/intake swap, budgeting the high pressure/high volume Melling pump.
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That is low idle pressure.

A high volume pump is not the answer lol.
Then tell us what is.
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Old 04-11-2024, 10:45 AM   #7
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Minimum hot at 1000 rpm is 24psi(1.65 bar). What does it read at a 1000rpm?
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Then tell us what is.
I think he was making a distinction between flow and pressure. Your Melling 10355HV is both high volume and high pressure which is necessary because you have piston squirters.
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Same problem from February?

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Yeah I forgot about that post. Lol
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Old 04-11-2024, 11:15 AM   #11
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Good Catch!
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Before at idle it was at 1.4 Bar.
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Old 04-11-2024, 12:36 PM   #12
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The weather is definitely quite a bit warmer now, so that is working against oil viscosity for sure.
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Old 04-12-2024, 06:50 AM   #13
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Then tell us what is.
We don't know what the answer is unless he does more investigation. Oil pressure just doesn't drop that dramatically.

1 bar is around 14 psi which isn't acceptable on any LS engine. It's also an indication that he had a baseline from that other thread and it keeps getting lower.

Telling him to mask it with a new oil pump just isn't the answer.
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Old 04-12-2024, 11:37 PM   #14
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its 2.0-2.3 bar witch is above the minimum you stated, am I ok?
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