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so i was putting my oil pressure guage in and like anyone i was extremely excited to get it down and see how it looked and worked. after i got all the wiring done and the sensor hooked up i put the new oil in, got in and started it up. LOL then i heard a swoshing sound like oil dumping out. in all my times of changing oil this has never happened. so i thought i t was the sensor. i got out and all my new mobil1 oil was laying on the ground. I forgot to put the damn oil filter back on, aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh i was so pissed, so i finally got it al fixed and done it works great. anyone know what oil pressure and mp3 runs at?
 
lol, sorry thats funny, but at least u found the problem! hehe. i know how that rush feels (excitment and stuff) and forgetting the obvious. peace- chris
 
Oil pressure depends upon what weight you are using. . .

People have reported up to 90 psi at cold startup (I personally have only seen about 60 psi at startup, 35 at cruising speed and 10 psi at idle after it warms up. (That is with Mobil 1 15w-50.)

Otherwise, sorry to hear about the brain fart. . . but it is all good now.
:D
 
Thanks

thanks for the psi info. i am using 15 30 mobil 1 and i get 75psi startup and 50 running and about 10 at idle. so its about right
 
ha, I never did that...but I forgot to put the oil cap back on once on my old car...I couldn't figure out why the engine kept stalling, and didn't even realize (the hood was down) what had happened until I saw the cap sitting on my work bench...I only lost about a quart, but it was a huge mess under the hood and smoked and smelled for about a week...

My girlfriend still gets weezy when I change her oil, and that was 3 years ago...:rolleyes:
 

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