[Diy_efi] [ot] Oil pressure during cranking ?

[Don Sauman]

Mike

I don't know about that engine but my AMC V8 needs the oil pump packed 
in vaseline before assembly to gat rid of and get things moving.
Cheers
Don

Mike wrote:

>Sorry guys but I need an opinion on this off topic item asap ?
>
>When cranking an engine over, do most crank driven oil
>pumps generate much pressure or do they have a minimum
>crank speed before they raise oil pressure ?
>
>In my case, I did some bottom end work, put everything back,
>heaps of oil in sump, took out spark plugs, cranked engine
>over for 25 secs and still no oil pressure :( I'm not using a
>sender but a proper oil pressure gauge I have just checked
>on a compressor. Engine is RB30ET 6cyl nissan, had oil
>pressure before (via sender) but discovered oil sender was
>faulty and reading high but there was still pressure...
>
>So hence my question, do I need a min RPMs ?
>
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>Regards from
>
>
>Mike
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