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hey guys i have an rb20det in a bmw. the problem i'm having is that i have a lowish oil pressure. I am running a remote oil cooler and filter. has anyone had experience with this dropping oil presure? at idle its sits at around 10psi mesured from the remote filter and on revs it reachs 20 psi. any help appreciated

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What filter are you using with the relocator, Z145a etc?

Might be worth putting as much oil as you can fit into the lines, and remove the CAS and crank it to get pressure up.

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Yea I have two guages one in the factory position and one in the plate that goes where the oil filter normaly goes both read pretty much the same.

Does the guage stay steady or does it pulse? how much oil did you put in the sump?

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well the engine is going in for a bottom end rebuild. the sump holds around 10 litres as its custom to suit the conversion and with 3 litres in the sump the pickup is still under the oil. goona make a new custom pickup using speed flow fittings so there is no chance of a leak from it anymore. i think the pick up is what caused it in hte first place

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