Oil Pressure Gauge
#1
Oil Pressure Gauge
Here is whats wrong. P.S. The people who installed the supercharger made a hole in the oil pan and connected it to the supercharger. Could that also be a reason the oil get black really fast?
#6
RE: Oil Pressure Gauge
a little of both. the gauge was like that when we bought the car and sure hope its wrong but the fact that the oil turns black really fast is also a problem i would like to know. i think it related to the supercharger but i don't know.
#7
RE: Oil Pressure Gauge
[&:] oil color has to do with contaminates not pressure. my guess is that combustion in this newly huffed motor is not where it should be and is overly rich leaving carbon in the oil. sounds like you need some dyno time to get mixtures right or the shop that installed it needs to check their work. hopefully lots of other parts were changed or added along with the charger like a recalibrated computer, bigger injectors etc. kurt
#8
RE: Oil Pressure Gauge
what i meant is that maybe the color of the oil is because of the supercharger. the supercharger has only one hose that take the oil in and not out so the oil in the s/c must be used a lot thus making the oil black when the engine is turned off. the reason why im mentioning the s/c is because it is using some of the oil from the engine, it could give the wrong reading.
#9
RE: Oil Pressure Gauge
[&:] the s/c itself should not be changing the oil colors. im not sure how this s/c is set up for lubrication but sounds like it has a return hose to the oil pan and so it should have a pressure line coming from the engine and depending on how this is done could show some pressure change from stock(although i hope paxton has done things right). i can almost guarantee that if the oil is getting black its not from simply lubing the s/c kurt
#10
RE: Oil Pressure Gauge
ok, but who ever did this job, (we bought the car as is)did a careless job. i mean the s/c works great but the way the installed it is bad. I will show you a pic tomorrow of the engine. the wires are going let to right, the intake from the s/c to the carb is made from plumbing pipes and there's is some other crap.