Tyee II
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I recently installed a new to me 7.3 with the Banks Sidewinder turbo. The oil pressure sending unit connects to the turbo oiling block. using the stock sender in the turbo oil block I am reading in the middle of the factory guage without any real variation between idle and operating rpm. It seems that having the sending unit in this location may not allow the true pressure to read due to the release into the turbo bearing and the gravity feed into the drain tube. In a normal sender application the oil is dead headed into the sender ? Does anyone have any experience with this. The pressure seems to be ok, the engine is running good, I am just curious as to what I should expect to see on the factory guage. I have toyed with connecting a mechanical guage to this connection and seeing how it responds.What is acceptable oil PSI in these engines ? Thanks in advance fro your replies.