any trics to boosting oil pressure? (pressure a little low for comfort)

[MustangEater8251]

alright my pressure is reading a little lower hten before, at WOT, when engine is warmed up its barely getting to the halfway mark on the guage, and sometimes when its pretty warm it goes about 35-40% of the guage at WOT. Its idling above the red, I am jsut looking for anyting to prolong the me having to change the oil pump(what I am assuming hte problem is).

I am autoXing it tomorrow, and thats it for race evne5ts for a bit, time to baby the car for a awhile. I was starting to plan out putting a junkyard tranny in over the summer and replace the front and rear main seals, maybe do a cam, and maybe a port and polish, but wither way I want to do the head gaskets, and redo a bunch of a swals all over the motor at once. 8, almost 9 years and 114k on a $13k brand new in 94 car, it might be expected for some stuff to start going out.

But like I said I am waiting for summer when i have more time.

so far all I have heard is Lucas oil stabilizer, but I am having toruble locating it, even online. I am ready to try anything, jsut give me some recomendations, i'll even try that motor up crap you see on tv, if i get some first hand knowledge.

[slacker69]

U can get the lucas oil stuff at autozone i see it there all the time so order off of autozone.com or something

[Dark Knight]

i had the same problem. i tryed all that additive crap but none of it worked. couple weeks ago i installed a derale oil cooler and my pressure is up over the half mark and it stays there hot or cold. :D

[whtefbrd96]

First it could just be your gauge... maybe its not 100% accurate. Second when the dealership replaced my alternator they broke my oil assending unit off ( dont ask me how) but they replaced that and my oil pressure gauge ran about 20 psi higher and has stayed like that. Its like a $12 part and takes all of 10 minutes to put in i would try that. Hope this will help a litle.

[Camaro 22]

Like Slacker69 said. Lucas. That stuff is great. I even used their transmission fluid/sealer on my explorer the other day and it worked great. I used the lucus oil on my 3rd gen camaros when I had them too. Plan on using it regulary on my 97 rs vert as soon as I finish getting it together.

[OneQuickV6]

I just oput in a quart of Lucas with my last oil change too!!! They have it at many parts stores, Advance included for like $6.99, and I have been very happy with my so far. My pressure was very simiklar to yours, but is pretty consistant now.