low oil pressure

[abentham]

hi all, went off roading last week got the rad full of s**t engine overheated to about 3 qtr not in the red also lost nearly all oil pressure it used to run about a qtr on tic over and about 3 qtr on running, got home and spent 3 days cleaning the s**t off n found out i had blown the turbo seals ( nice ) got turbo recond £586.00
having done a full oil n filter change and flush + rad flush, oil pressure is still low, ok on startup about half way but when she is warm still low also i get a slight ticking sound when idling
i have noticed that the oil filter is red hot is this normal not knowing how hot it was before the problem started
engine seams fine no lack of power n no smoke just low oil pressure n that dam ticking sound when been run for a while
im using castrol gtd 15w 40 before that 10w 40 with no problems
i have read past posts on oil pressure and it seams that that kind of pressure is ok but im still concerned cos it was better than that before my rather expensive off road day.
i have had the rocker cover off and its clean as a whistle no sludge im contemplating taking the oil pan off but it sound alot of hassel.
please please please any ideas
many thanks a troubled surfer

[phoebelala]

hi all, went off roading last week got the rad full of s**t engine overheated to about 3 qtr not in the red also lost nearly all oil pressure it used to run about a qtr on tic over and about 3 qtr on running, got home and spent 3 days cleaning the s**t off n found out i had blown the turbo seals ( nice ) got turbo recond £586.00
having done a full oil n filter change and flush + rad flush, oil pressure is still low, ok on startup about half way but when she is warm still low also i get a slight ticking sound when idling
i have noticed that the oil filter is red hot is this normal not knowing how hot it was before the problem started
engine seams fine no lack of power n no smoke just low oil pressure n that dam ticking sound when been run for a while
im using castrol gtd 15w 40 before that 10w 40 with no problems
i have read past posts on oil pressure and it seams that that kind of pressure is ok but im still concerned cos it was better than that before my rather expensive off road day.
i have had the rocker cover off and its clean as a whistle no sludge im contemplating taking the oil pan off but it sound alot of hassel.
please please please any ideas
many thanks a troubled surfer

Ticking may be a broken oil control or compression ring!
Which of corse will mean more surgery.

[abentham]

Ticking may be a broken oil control or compression ring!
Which of corse will mean more surgery.

cheers for your input your sudgestion is piston related then
how much of a job is that n sounds expensive.

thanks again

[abentham]

cheers for your input your sudgestion is piston related then
how much of a job is that n sounds expensive.

thanks again

would a compression test pick this up ?????

cheers

[joe112]

would a compression test pick this up ?????

cheers

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[abentham]

You also have replies in your post in the 3.0 section.............

cheers ill have a look cant have too much feedback to a problem more help the better

[phoebelala]

cheers for your input your sudgestion is piston related then
how much of a job is that n sounds expensive.

thanks again

not sure whats involved as never had the crank and pistons out of a toyota Diesel. Tony will tell you but a "ticking" is often a ring.

Al.