Low oil pressure issue

[mike mcclurg]

Jesse,

I can't think of a mechanism where a dented oil filter
would be the problem. More likely the viscosity of the
oil is too low. What year, what mileage, and what
viscosity did they put in?

I just had the same thing happen to my '89 100q with
300,000+ miles. Put in Mobil 1 5W30 and got warning
lights. Drained and refilled with Pennzoil 20W50 and
everything's fine again. Combination of hot weather
and loose engine put it over the edge.

Mike

--- jesserctc at charter.net wrote:

> HAs anyone here experiences low oil pressure to a
> damaged oil filter?  I was too busy with school so
> the wife took the car to the Valvoline for an oil
> change.  After about a month the oil pressure was
> way low.  Light would flicker at low RPM and at
> anything above 2500 RPM the lifters were clacking
> like crazy.  When i started checking for a cause i
> noticed that the oil filter from Valvoline had a big
> honking dent in it, either before it was installed
> or during installation.  Otherwise i cant find a
> good reason for the pressure drop.
> Any input would be appreciated.
> 
> Jesse
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