Oil pressure issue

gtmopar said
My setup looks like yours aside from having the dual filter setup which I'm thinking was a mistake I should have went with a single system. It does have the larger lines as well. I'm still messing with it to hopefully get these issues ironed out. Thanks for the info and pictures fishy. Just out of curiosity what is your idle psi at warm? I know its based per engine but should I see a slight loss with this filter setup? I'm going to screw with it today to see if I can get some resolve. Thanks again.

Warm idle pressure is right at 30. Jumps right up to 58-60 psi by 2000 rpm. I tried mine first with a spin on filter and then after I installed the kit and saw no difference.

BTW: IMO the dual filter is the best setup. If I remember right the filters are plumbed in parallel so pressure drop would be less than with a single filter cause oil has 2 paths to take. I think you have a good system as long as it's de-burred and smoothed inside.

Just saw your later post where it doesn't have oil pressure with even a spin on filter. It's quite possible the bypass valve in the pump is stuck wide open. I never install an oil pump right out of the box. I always take them apart and clean and inspect them good and de-bur them and make sure the bypass valve moves freely. Remember this part is the life line of the engine. One time I bought a brand new Melling pump and when I took the cover off it had some rust inside. Looked like it didn't get lubed up good after machining.