Track day loss of oil pressure

[Diamond Hell]

You didn't change the oil before the track day.

That's a pretty dumb thing to do.

Change the oil first, then get it nice and hot and then think about changing anything else after you've checked whether it wasn't just that the guy you bought the car off hadn't put the wrong grade of oil in it, or something similar. 

[danny_p]

when you say loss of oil pressure are you sure it's out of spec

these engines run at 4-5 bar  oil pressure when cold or revving     60 - 75 psi  it should never be above that.   at 80 deg oil temp you should hit 2+ bar by 2000 rpm  and oil pressure should rise with revs. 

when hot ideling below 1 bar is not abnormal even for a heathy engine.

if driven hard,  cheep or incorrect grade oil and or crap filter is capable of bringing the light on esp if the motor has done a few miles

[euro dave]

Cheers guys,

The oil has been done, and it's running at normal pressures, just got to see what it's like on the track now.

Cheers