Slade88
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Hi everyone I did a cam swap this spring, went from my stock cam to a comp CL122494. Just slightly larger then my stock cam. Everything has been behaving after driving about 1500 miles. I have noticed, and did notice a slight decrease in oil pressure many months ago and the “problem” still persists. Now when everything was stock I had 60 psi all the time, or just a. Couple clicks under. After the cam swap, (and I’m also using VR1 oil instead of penzoil both 10w30)
My oil pressure is just under 60 on a cold start and stays at the same spot when idling, however when the engine gets good and warm and I’ve been driving a real long time when I pull up to a light it will go down to 50-55 and the ribbon gauge will fluctuate a bit. Then when I step on it, it returns to 60 even when the car is in motion and I’m not on the gas. This seems to occur intermittently though
I cut open my oil filter from the cam break in and had a little bit of metal but no copper or gold shavings. I also cut open my oil filter after the 700 mile break in tonight and saw pretty much no metal or gold sheen.
My question is what could be causing this? Is it a bearing or something insignificant that I shouldn’t worry about? Would bearing material always end up in the oil filter? I don’t have metal in the oil pan either. I plan on taking my truck on the longest voyage it’s ever been on, from Charlotte to myrtle beach if anyone is familiar with that drive, a couple hours on the high way and I don’t want my engine to explode!
Thanks everyone
My oil pressure is just under 60 on a cold start and stays at the same spot when idling, however when the engine gets good and warm and I’ve been driving a real long time when I pull up to a light it will go down to 50-55 and the ribbon gauge will fluctuate a bit. Then when I step on it, it returns to 60 even when the car is in motion and I’m not on the gas. This seems to occur intermittently though
I cut open my oil filter from the cam break in and had a little bit of metal but no copper or gold shavings. I also cut open my oil filter after the 700 mile break in tonight and saw pretty much no metal or gold sheen.
My question is what could be causing this? Is it a bearing or something insignificant that I shouldn’t worry about? Would bearing material always end up in the oil filter? I don’t have metal in the oil pan either. I plan on taking my truck on the longest voyage it’s ever been on, from Charlotte to myrtle beach if anyone is familiar with that drive, a couple hours on the high way and I don’t want my engine to explode!
Thanks everyone