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Oil Pressure drops above 3k rpms......

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dec322

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..........and keeps dropping as the engine revs higher. I have the stock gauges (i know, i know......I'm ordering gauges in about a month) so I'm wondering if I need to worry about it. The car just started doing this yesterday. Everything is fine until I cross the 3k mark. Any feedbacK?
 

65ShelbyClone

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How many miles on the engine? I've been told that loose bearings can do it. I had a 289 that suffered several broken oil pumps and the oil pressure did the same thing. If anything, it had loose bearings after the mile without oil.
 

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maby it's the gauge working the wrong way lol...maby when you get a real gauge in there it will get higher pressure with higher rpm's
 
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65ShelbyClone said:
How many miles on the engine? I've been told that loose bearings can do it. I had a 289 that suffered several broken oil pumps and the oil pressure did the same thing. If anything, it had loose bearings after the mile without oil.
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The engine only has about 6k on it. Did the loose bearing make any noise?
 

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No, it ran fine. The only reason I suspected the bearings in my old 289 were loose is because of all the dull silver in the pan after the first pump let go(and I drove it a mile or two before I noticed the lifter noise ). It worked great, the oil pressure just came down some as rpm went up. I was leary of winding it up high after that, though.

EDIT: It was a Stewart Warner mechanical gage.
 
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My stock guages did the same, I always suspected faulty guages and such, the even pulsed with the 1000w sub I had. I went to Advanced and bought the Sunco guages that come in a 3 pack for $30. Very easy to install, and give you that much more security. Engine is running perfect, nice oil PSI, and runs at 190-200 deg.

My 2 cents.
 
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