The Devils Own Chariot
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Re: Low oil pressure
My truck did the same thing after a rebuild.
#1 Until you set those rings and possibly fix your tune from running rich you will have a gas smell in the oil
#2 The rings in my truck did not seat until I did 20 WOT pulls on the dyno. It was burning oil up until then.
#3 Pressure test your coolant system. See if it holds pressure. You can get kits that go were the radiator cap is at most parts store. PM me if you dont know what Im talking about.
#4 I had a crap load of metal silt in my oil for like 3 oil changes. Get a magnetic drain plug.
#5 Test for leaking injectors with a FP gauge. If the pressure does not drop after you turn the truck off you should be good. I would watch it for like 10 minutes.
#6 I don't have bad knocking. That is concerning.
#7 Check your compression to see how the rings are doing.
#8 My engine has lower oil pressure after it warms up. It does go up with RPMs. I would say that's the most important. Idle on the stock gauge is around 20 for me also (when its hot)
#9 Feel around with a wire in your oil pan to make sure your oil pickup did not fall off.
PM me if you have questions. My motor has a few of the things you talk about. Been driving it all over, probably survived way over 100 WOT pulls so far. Dont get to worried until you figure some things out.
My truck did the same thing after a rebuild.
#1 Until you set those rings and possibly fix your tune from running rich you will have a gas smell in the oil
#2 The rings in my truck did not seat until I did 20 WOT pulls on the dyno. It was burning oil up until then.
#3 Pressure test your coolant system. See if it holds pressure. You can get kits that go were the radiator cap is at most parts store. PM me if you dont know what Im talking about.
#4 I had a crap load of metal silt in my oil for like 3 oil changes. Get a magnetic drain plug.
#5 Test for leaking injectors with a FP gauge. If the pressure does not drop after you turn the truck off you should be good. I would watch it for like 10 minutes.
#6 I don't have bad knocking. That is concerning.
#7 Check your compression to see how the rings are doing.
#8 My engine has lower oil pressure after it warms up. It does go up with RPMs. I would say that's the most important. Idle on the stock gauge is around 20 for me also (when its hot)
#9 Feel around with a wire in your oil pan to make sure your oil pickup did not fall off.
PM me if you have questions. My motor has a few of the things you talk about. Been driving it all over, probably survived way over 100 WOT pulls so far. Dont get to worried until you figure some things out.
