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Originally Posted by ZX-10R
Admittedly I don't see the logic of driving a ZL1 in salt/snow/rain - it's not any fun (potentially dangerous) and trashes the car (especially the paint). In Michigan we called it a "salt ride" or daily beater, but everybody needs one. In my case it's a 2014 V6 Accord I picked up for $9k with 50k miles and it's been faultless.
Side note - shorter trips on cold oil probably contributes to oil pump failure in these cars. Its just a hypothesis but I bet the evidence would back it up. I baby my car until the oil is fully warmed up, which takes longer than the coolant
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Oil temp on mine was 210* when it failed. Had been driving it for a couple hours.
Possibly because I made a pull up a little bit of a grade, not sure. Shortly after it had the symptoms I've read about. Kinda erratic oil pressure, idling at about 20psi, pull from a stop and pressure would jump up really quick to 75-80psi, then normalize to 40.
Katech pump had already been ordered about a week before this happened ironically.