4agte oil pressure problems

[reecegze]

Hey guys in the today my car has been running rough on idle the oil pressure gauge usually reads 60 psi but today on a hot day my oil pressure was dropping to 20 psi on idle and when i would drive again it would go back to normal operating pressures , What else i noticed was my oil level gauge in my ae86 was going from 3/4 full to half when the car started to behave like this.. I dont know where to start to be honest , oil pump ? turbo oil feed lines ? oil return ? restrictions in lines ? could it be my oil cooler relocator kit?

i just need to know somewhere to start , this has only happen only and its extremely hot today in syndey.

Any ideas whats going on?

[IH8TEC]

mine is on 20-30psi on idle when warm, about 60 when driving, and about 80-85 with thrashing it, this is with an oil cooler setup and -10 lines, so sounds normal to me, my car has always been like this, when it's cold - the oil i run - it's abotu 80 on idle.

[Talasas]

Yeah mine dropped a bit in the Adelaide heatwave, I figure it's a lot to do with the ambient temps.

[oldcorollas]

more to do with oil temps... oil doesn7t cool as much when ambient is hot..

what temp is the oil?

maybe.. and this is a long shot.. be nice to the car when it is extremely hot?

[reecegze]

hahaha nice one oldcorollas that is a long shot .. But i come to the conclusion its normal it was just hot , i am also running an biggest oil cooler which doesnt seem to be doing its job.

[oldcorollas]

what temp is the oil? does the cooler have good airflow? does the cooler have a fan on it?