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Old 06-01-2019, 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by TAQuest View Post
About the tick:

I noticed that if you overfill your oil you will have quite a bit of oil pressure fluctuation. That would be from the crank spinning up the oil like a blender creating bubbles that don't pump well. I figured that out when using a ZDDP additive to my oil. Got it a little too full and watched the oil pressure drop. On one really good launch I heard some ticking as the oil pressure dropped. I changed the oil making sure I got it exactly right on the stick and the pressure stayed between 40 and 60 consistently.
That must have been a giant bottle of ZDDP additive. What type do you use?