H22a Turbo - intermittent oil pressure light
All,
This is Probably a newbie question....
Please let me know what you think.
I am working on a 98 Prelude, with a JDM h22a swap (with ECM), turbo charged (garret t3/4) with turbonetics bearing assembly. The car is tuned and runs pretty well, but I am getting an intermittent oil light.... under normal circumstances, I could trouble shoot, but with the turbo I am in unfamiliar territory.... Oil light is a new issue that came after replacing the existing turbo (old one had about a 1/4" of shaft play and was eating oil)There is an orifice at the intake to the turbo, ( sent from the turbo rebuilder), so I am guessing that part is correct....
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Greddy BOV
Here are the specifics.... Oil pressure at the sender (cold Idle) is about 60 PSI, warm at 3000RPM it pegs my 100PSI guage.
- Since the pressure light is intermittent, I wondered how pressure switch works?
- Can the turbo create enough vacuum in bearing assy to cause the oil pressure drop?
- can the turbo oil line be "pressurizing" as the turbo comes out of a boost cycle?
- Seems that when I pull the dipstick while running I get vacuum noise - I am assuming that the crancase is in vacuum? (since the PCV is in place)
Help?
TIA
This is Probably a newbie question....
Please let me know what you think. I am working on a 98 Prelude, with a JDM h22a swap (with ECM), turbo charged (garret t3/4) with turbonetics bearing assembly. The car is tuned and runs pretty well, but I am getting an intermittent oil light.... under normal circumstances, I could trouble shoot, but with the turbo I am in unfamiliar territory.... Oil light is a new issue that came after replacing the existing turbo (old one had about a 1/4" of shaft play and was eating oil)There is an orifice at the intake to the turbo, ( sent from the turbo rebuilder), so I am guessing that part is correct....
Tial waste gate
Greddy BOV
Here are the specifics.... Oil pressure at the sender (cold Idle) is about 60 PSI, warm at 3000RPM it pegs my 100PSI guage.
- Since the pressure light is intermittent, I wondered how pressure switch works?
- Can the turbo create enough vacuum in bearing assy to cause the oil pressure drop?
- can the turbo oil line be "pressurizing" as the turbo comes out of a boost cycle?
- Seems that when I pull the dipstick while running I get vacuum noise - I am assuming that the crancase is in vacuum? (since the PCV is in place)
Help?
TIA
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