So as the title states. My oil filter housing had been leaking like crazy. Replaced the gasket, the o-ring and the oil pressure sensor. As well as some other stuff (rethread valve cover bolts, intake manifold gasket, spark plugs, thermostat). Anyways, got it all back together today and it fires right up but the oil pressure light is on and the valves are ticking bad, like a real cold temp start bad. I had used that Next-gen recycled oil 10w-40. It ran for a few and the light went away but still was ticking a bit. Shut it off, checked the oil level and it was fine, no horrible leaks from anywhere. Start it up again and drive it around the block, it had been sitting for 3 weeks so was hoping maybe it just needed the oil circulated around. Still ticking and if I sit idle for too long the oil dummy light comes on. Drove it home.
Swapped out the oil pressure sensor for the old one figuring maybe it was just faulty unit? restarted and sounded quieter with no oil light. Drove it around the block. Ticking comes back. Parked it in the garage and figured maybe that next-gen oil is just shit. So I went and picked up Castrol GTX 20w-50. The M50 in my wagon is real sensitive to oil and will tick a bit with the wrong oil. Changed the oil again. Start it up. Oil pressure light stays on for a bit longer than a normal oil change and went away. Was quieter but still ticking (not the normal M42 tick). Now I'm at a dead end where I've tried all the basic things that I know of to check and hence why I'm asking here. What possibly could be causing my low oil pressure and valve tick? Changing the gasket was pretty straight forward so I'm not sure if I could botched that up? Any help is appreciated. Also should note, the car had none of these characteristics before I replaced anything leading me to believe I have re-installed something wrong.
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Nick
Pics of the motor. Just got done cleaning and repainting everything.
Swapped out the oil pressure sensor for the old one figuring maybe it was just faulty unit? restarted and sounded quieter with no oil light. Drove it around the block. Ticking comes back. Parked it in the garage and figured maybe that next-gen oil is just shit. So I went and picked up Castrol GTX 20w-50. The M50 in my wagon is real sensitive to oil and will tick a bit with the wrong oil. Changed the oil again. Start it up. Oil pressure light stays on for a bit longer than a normal oil change and went away. Was quieter but still ticking (not the normal M42 tick). Now I'm at a dead end where I've tried all the basic things that I know of to check and hence why I'm asking here. What possibly could be causing my low oil pressure and valve tick? Changing the gasket was pretty straight forward so I'm not sure if I could botched that up? Any help is appreciated. Also should note, the car had none of these characteristics before I replaced anything leading me to believe I have re-installed something wrong.
Thanks
Nick
Pics of the motor. Just got done cleaning and repainting everything.
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