Oil pressure and filtering delemma

[nwcali6]

Isn't 100+psi normal for cold dino oil on a solid lifter engine?

  Sounds very normal to me for a cold 1.6, then warms up and falls...

[wolf_walker]

Isn't 100+psi normal for cold dino oil on a solid lifter engine?

Normal at filter flange, not at head, in my experience.
Specs are in the Bentley manual. 

[nwcali6]

  A "fix" for this might be to add a oil pan heater mat and plug it in on cold days... I keep ruining gauges as it goes to high when cold.. Mine stops at 100 PSI and I'll probably put a 120+ on after this one goes (under warranty still)

[ORCoaster]

Yep, popped a gauge on this one too.  Take off is from the head so that is my concern. 
Heating the engine would be a daily thing here.  Average temps in the morning are 40 to 50 all year long.  Thank that Pacific ocean for keeping it that way.  July and August very much the same as Dec and Jan. 

Gauge I have now goes to 150.  And it is more to that side then the 20 end at low side.

[wolf_walker]

That short commute is a bummer, hard on any motor not getting up to temp.

[burn_your_money]

Have you tried running synthetic?

[ORCoaster]

Not willing to risk the gone to synth problems with old seals, change of oil type and associated doings when swapping oil types.  I run synth in the new car and my truck but not knowing the condition of the engine or how it has been treated I stick with the diesel oil from Rotella. 

40 degrees out this morning, oil pressure at 100 psi for about the first mile then falling to 70 by the time I parked it.  Better than I thought it would be and no oil trail out the back either.

[nwcali6]

Yep, popped a gauge on this one too.  Take off is from the head so that is my concern. 
Heating the engine would be a daily thing here.  Average temps in the morning are 40 to 50 all year long.  Thank that Pacific ocean for keeping it that way.  July and August very much the same as Dec and Jan. 

Gauge I have now goes to 150.  And it is more to that side then the 20 end at low side.

  I should have looked at your location.  I'm 90 miles South of the border, how far up are you?  Have to love our mild, year long temps.  Unless you own a diesel that is.

  I'm going to install a radiator bra or engine heater (run it off a timer) after I swap the 1.6 out (probably both).  Even if I am wheeling and I'm at 200 Degrees as soon as I hit any speed it goes down to 130, despite egt's in the 1,000 range (at 65). NW coast, land of underheating problems.

[ORCoaster]

I don't have a heat problem at all, I have a working 186 degree thermostat in place.  Sounds like you need to check that.  Something causing it to stick open so you are way too cool at 130.  I also rob engine heat when operating the WVO system with two FPHE's and I don't loose heat to that. 

I am just about half way up the state between the Calli and Washi lines. 

I would investigate the thermostat before spending any dollars on bras and heaters.  Unless you are into that sort of thing. 

Our engines crank so much heat so early something has to be a miss with yours.

[wolf_walker]

I've seen ambient temps low enough to affect op temp, but that was in the single digits with a head wind and crawling along through a
blizzard in 2nd gear with no load.