oil light on cold start
09-25-2004, 06:19 PM
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oil light on cold start
Well, I rebuilt my LS motor due to running low on oil and spinning the bearings. I put a b16 oil pump in and i'm running all the LS gear except it's got a gsr oil pan now.
Problem is, on cold starts the oil light stays on for 3-4 seconds instead of a split second. It's like the oil is draining back to the oil pan over night and it has to run for a bit on a cold start to get the oil flowing again. I'm just worried that this is going to end up costing me more bearings and another rebuild (which I really don't want to do!).
It's doing it n/a and with the turbo kit, so I know it's not the turbo lines. I thought that when I put the gsr pan on it, it got better, but now i'm not so sure. I'm running an oem honda filter.
You guys have any ideas?!
Stan
Problem is, on cold starts the oil light stays on for 3-4 seconds instead of a split second. It's like the oil is draining back to the oil pan over night and it has to run for a bit on a cold start to get the oil flowing again. I'm just worried that this is going to end up costing me more bearings and another rebuild (which I really don't want to do!).
It's doing it n/a and with the turbo kit, so I know it's not the turbo lines. I thought that when I put the gsr pan on it, it got better, but now i'm not so sure. I'm running an oem honda filter.
You guys have any ideas?!
Stan
09-26-2004, 01:26 AM
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Re:oil light on cold start
3 to 4 sec everytime when u start is A LOT.
i`ve compare both before, i think GSR has a different shaped/depth pan..
i`d try to add like half bottle more oil see if it helps. (or a bottle may be?)
if it helps that means the pick up is not picking up enough oil with the pan.
i`ve compare both before, i think GSR has a different shaped/depth pan..
i`d try to add like half bottle more oil see if it helps. (or a bottle may be?)
if it helps that means the pick up is not picking up enough oil with the pan.
09-26-2004, 10:17 AM
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Re:oil light on cold start
I checked the lenght of the oil pick ups, and they seem to sit the same depth in the pan. The only difference is the feet on the gsr pick up, they're shorter because they sit on the gsr block girdle which the ls doesn't have.
Keep in mind, it was doing the same thing using the LS pan.
Stan
Keep in mind, it was doing the same thing using the LS pan.
Stan
09-26-2004, 10:42 AM
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Re:oil light on cold start
My wifes ls in her 97 teggy has done that since day 1, it even rattles a little untill the oil preshure comes up, 5w30winter 10w30 summer, and honda filters. 80,000 km's on her now and nothing has changed no better, no worse 
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