PSA oil lines
since my hour meter didn't work on my 1811 i replaced it with an oil pressure gauge and it read about 55psi at an idle an a little more at wot, one of my oil lines running to the filter leaked a bit so i had a new set made at a local hydraulic shop and when i put the new lines on the pressure gauge now reads 40psi at an idle and 45psi at wot. i was curious to find out how i could lose 15psi in oil pressure just buy changing the lines and it turns out that one of the old lines was collapsed on the inside which caused restriction and bumped up the oil pressure. i was just sharing this bit of info with the group because most of you just have the idiot light and not a gauge, if the lines restricted the engine is starving for oil so even if your lines dont leak it might be a good idea to have some new ones made and solve the problem before it potentially ruins an engine.
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