"Hello again all,
After 2 y
"Hello again all,
After 2 years of sitting on the trailer I have finally gotten back to trying to fix my low oil pressure issue. Needless to say, time does not heal all wounds.
I am ready to dig hard into fixing this issue and I am looking for a strategy to attack with.
Here are the symptoms:
Takes about 4 seconds to build pressure for alarm to stop.
Engine Cold
Oil Pressure at idle - 30 psi
Oil Pressure at 2000 - 50 psi
Operating Temp (175 F)
Oil pressure at idle - 8 psi
at 1000 - 10 psi
at 1500 - 28 psi
at 2000 - 32 psi
After going on plane for a while the water temp goes up a bit, but still in tolerance. Go back to idle slowly and the oil pressure goes to near zero and the alarm sounds.
Manual states idle hot should be 31 psi
I have checked with a manual gauge and the readings are correct.
I can not reach max rpms with the props I have on the boat (B5) I only get around 3000.
What would be your approach in troubleshooting this problem?"
After 2 y
"Hello again all,
After 2 years of sitting on the trailer I have finally gotten back to trying to fix my low oil pressure issue. Needless to say, time does not heal all wounds.
I am ready to dig hard into fixing this issue and I am looking for a strategy to attack with.
Here are the symptoms:
Takes about 4 seconds to build pressure for alarm to stop.
Engine Cold
Oil Pressure at idle - 30 psi
Oil Pressure at 2000 - 50 psi
Operating Temp (175 F)
Oil pressure at idle - 8 psi
at 1000 - 10 psi
at 1500 - 28 psi
at 2000 - 32 psi
After going on plane for a while the water temp goes up a bit, but still in tolerance. Go back to idle slowly and the oil pressure goes to near zero and the alarm sounds.
Manual states idle hot should be 31 psi
I have checked with a manual gauge and the readings are correct.
I can not reach max rpms with the props I have on the boat (B5) I only get around 3000.
What would be your approach in troubleshooting this problem?"