lost oil pressure

[krusstygun]

i was traveling down the road at about 4500 rpm and i lost oil pressure.

and she over heated real fast . pulled over and found i had lots of oil.

it wasn't burnt . i run royal purple

after i had let her cool off all was fine

any ideas on what would cause this problem?

[BeeZee62]

  On 5/27/2010 at 3:42 AM, krusstygun said:

i was traveling down the road at about 4500 rpm and i lost oil pressure.

and she over heated real fast . pulled over and found i had lots of oil.

it wasn't burnt . i run royal purple

after i had let her cool off all was fine

any ideas on what would cause this problem?

The gauges on the Troopers aren't the greatest. If you search through the forum there have been a few people who've replaced the gauges with some marine grade ones .. exact fit for the holes in the dash. My T2 used to over heat all the time, so I moved the rad up on top of the rear deck and haven't had a problem since. There's photos in the gallery.

[Guest Lenny]

  On 5/27/2010 at 5:03 AM, BeeZee62 said:

The gauges on the Troopers aren't the greatest. If you search through the forum there have been a few people who've replaced the gauges with some marine grade ones .. exact fit for the holes in the dash. My T2 used to over heat all the time, so I moved the rad up on top of the rear deck and haven't had a problem since. There's photos in the gallery.

The oil pressure on the Trooper isn't the best. Seems that when it gets hot, pressure goes way down. A lot of us have had the same problem. The oil just gets too hot. You might add an oil cooler. Get a filter adapter and an oil cooler and plumb them in. Ask your auto parts store. On mine I made an aluminum oil pan that holds 9 quarts. Being aluminum with much more surface area to cool the oil and having the extra volumn has made a big differance. Oil pressure holds much better. Get more air into the engine space to help keep things cooler. I cut the fronts out of the little triangle body pieces just ahead and above the rear fenders to make them act like air scoops. Going to make them much bigger when I get a chance. Every bit helps. You could also replace the radiator fan with a high volumn fan.

Lenny

[Kinarfi]

I've been running 10-30 oil in mine, has anyone tried using 10-40 or some other heavier oil, I use to run 20-50 in my 100 hp Rotax 4 cylinder horizontally opposed air cooled air plane motor. Any advice for shop owners?

Thanks

Kinarfi

[rocmoc]

I normally run 10-40 or 20-40 in everything. I run 20-50 in my race car. I will try to find the Mobil 1 bottle in a little bit and tell you for sure what is in my Trooper.

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico