Low oil pressure!

Jayhovah

Sounds like I need to add an oil pressure gauge. Hey Nissan - that would have been better than a volt meter or clock that doesn't keep good time.

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jmroy6

Whats more funny is the older 350z with the hr motors came with oil pressure gauges

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Jayhovah

I think it's one of those things where we all know its a good idea..but if you put it in you are going to get droves of ignorant customers coming in for warranty service thinking something is wrong when the reality is that Jiffy Lube just put in a different oil weight.

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TopgunZ

Even the 350z with the DE motors came with it...So all of them did. It is my least favorite part of the 370z.

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NissanTracker

IMHO,

I believe they purposely removed the oil gauge to mask the gallery gasket problem. It happened to my buddies 370z right after mine. I went to check for the gauge to see what the start up pressure was... nothing! I just chuckled. "If you don't see a problem, there is none".

I believe a lot of people mistook this as "oil consumption". Those gallery areas hold the pressure for the oil passages in the head. The oil pressure allows the components to essentially "float" while they are moving.

I started noticing it when pressure was at 15psi when warmed up and idling.... then it went to 10. Nissan still called this "OK". The problem gets worse when your in mid->high range RPM's and your not seeing more than 40psi. The components that are supposed to be "floating" by high pressure oil barriers are now going to start touching. On a couple of occasions, I would hold the rpms at 3K and I could hear an ugly tick... was losing oil pressure and something was rubbing.

Your really on the line when the VTC sensors start tripping Cels. Unfortunately, many that ran into this didn't catch it and had to replace the engine.

jmroy6

update:

i replaced the sensor today, unfortunately i was unable to drive it for a proper warmup due to a snow storm. On cold startup I'm getting 85psi< 1350rpm. i let it idle for a good 15mins in the garage, oil temps wouldn't go over 160f (prolly due to oil cooler) and my idle pressure was bouncing at 15-18psi. when i rev it to 4.5-5k its at 65psi at 160f.

do you think a mechanical gauge from auto zone would show something different, I'm taking the reading from stock sending unit location btw.

otherwise i might just take the timing cover off and see if there is any visual damage/ oil leakage from the gaskets.

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Rusty

If it was me. Think I would be changing galley gaskets.

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