Originally Posted by Hyper4mance2k' post='822728' date='Jun 6 2006, 05:26 AM

I think oil pressure is a serious issue and should not be disreguarded as a bad gauge. My car is a s513bt with a s313b front cover. I get 10 psi at idle 50 at 3k and when I get on it it goes to about 65psi. I've got 3k on my rebuild and my bearings were all damn near perfect and same with the e shaft No groves or any copper showing. Honestly there looked to be no wear on anything but the housings. On my last oil change I cut open my oil filter and saw some copper. This scared the **** out of me and I'm deathly afraid of failure. Next weekend I'm going to drop the pan and mod the OPR. I'm pissed I didn't do it at the time of rebuild but a few told me not to worry about it cause it's the s5t2 one. My mistake for listening... Then I'm going to pull the front cover and see if the seal is okay. It should be since it's getting 65 at WOT, but it's a s5 OPR so it should be 80psi I thought. Any ideas would be great. I'm scared **** less. Also when I put the main pulley I didn't have access to a flywheel stop or an impact when I did it I put a 3' breaker bar and hit it with a 2x4. Would too much eshaft play cause the low oil pressure and copper in the oil? Seems like it might. How can I get this thing tight if it is the culpret besides an impact. Because I don't want to over tighten it right? I am scared as a wench with a cauldren in salem.