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How do these oil pressures look?

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  • Start date Start date Oct 5, 2010

ACSPONY

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Shop said the noise I'm hearing (only at 1500rpm) could be a spun bearing so I changed the oil to a thicker weight.

Ambient temp: 55-59 deg F
Oil: Pennzoil 10W40 conventional, just changed on Saturday.

Cold Idle: 850rpm
Fuel Pressure at cold idle: 38psi
Oil pressure at cold idle: 55 psi

After about 20 minutes of idling to warm up, the pressure was 40psi. After 25 minutes I'd say the car was truly at "hot idle" and the pressure fluctuated between 35-42 psi.

Revving it up to 4k, the pressure never went above 55 psi. I know the norm is about 25 psi for a hot idle, how does that correlate to the 10W40 I'm running?
 

Dino Dino Bambino

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Your oil pressures look fine to me so it can't be a spun bearing. That ticking noise you're hearing might be from the valvetrain.
 

ACSPONY

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That was my original thought but I had the valves adjusted and I still get the noise. Everything seems intact when I pull the covers too.
 
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