oil pressure

[cummins king]

i just got my truck running again, but it seems like the oil pressure is down i put all new oil, i havent ran it on the road to see if it goes up or not, but do you guys think that the remote filter system cause this or the toil oil to turbo lines caused it, whats a safe oil pressure

[oldestof11]

NON-OEM oil gauge. I think around 40-60 psi on a good gauge, not the OEM one.

[Fnschlaud4620]

DUDE!!!!!!!!!

EXACTLY what happened to me!!!!

I had good oil pressure but it was lower than it was, then is just got lower and lower and louder and louder. Definate rod noise within 30 miles of driving and within 300 mi it was intolerable.

swap the factory filter on and replumb for the long run.

I would hate to have it happen to you to.

just my 2 cents
good luck
fnschlaud4620

[cummins king]

no no you told me before i should hve listen, i will figuar somthing out, what i want to know is how cummins made there remote set up on there motors

[75Dodge]

Hey King! I found the answer! Go here:

http://www.cummins-conversion.com/photo ... puser=174v

[cummins king]

ya thanks
thats a 300$ answer

[75Dodge]

Your welcome! Wow I take you have already priced this thing out?

[cummins king]

yes
if it had all the lines and filter housing it would be good

[75Dodge]

HOw many filters are you running? What is their micron rating?

[cummins king]

2 filters 10microns each seems dum though im looking for a 100micron but now im going to change and ram my stock filter back in there

[75Dodge]

your filters might be using alot of the oil pressure to filter the oil. The engine only has one 10 micron filter stock.

What you might try is getting the same 10 micron filter and then plumbing in a 5 micron filter just after that one. The larger filter will act as it normally would, filtering all incoming oil. Then the finer filter would then act as an auxiliary filter, filtering only a small percentage of the total oil. You could do this if you were to put a restriction on the inlet to the aux. filter.

At least this is how alot of Medium and Heavy duty oil systems work.

[cummins king]

thats kind of what i had in mind it putting a 100micron in but then it might not get filtered proporly, im going to try shortnig the lines alot and it that doent work the i will trry fittin a new filter were the old filter went

[JD730]

ya thanks
thats a 300$ answer

Thats cheaper than a new engine or even engine parts. Upper and lower gasket kits will run you over $400.

[Ace]

Nominal micron rating for the Dodge Cummins lube filter is 17-20μm. I think trying to daisy chain filters in the full flow circuit, especially finer rated filters is a VERY BAD idea. The lube system in the 5.9 flows a realatively high volume. Maintaining that flow level is one reason the full flow filter is rated at that level.

If you want better lube oil filtration do a bypass filter of some sort. There are many models from various manufacturers available to suit our engines.

[cummins king]

i am using a bypas system