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Originally Posted by Katech_Zach
The oil pump typically does not "spontaneously" fail. The engine asks for 30 PSI of oil pressure at idle. The first stage of the failure is a "half failure" where you don't lose all oil pressure, but you lose a chunk of it. If your idle oil pressure ever falls to 20~ PSI, then you need to start being concerned.
If you spot check your idle oil temp when warmed up and it is 30, you have nothing to worry about currently.
Hope this helps
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Katech Zach knows!
I wished I would have read up on oil pump failures..... I remember seeing my idle (hot) oil pressure around 20 psi before mine let go. Seemed low, but I had no clue.
I'm not sure how long before I saw it, but it had to have been a few hundred miles and at least 2 track days.
What I thought was weird was that my telemetry showed higher oil pressure (min & max) during my last track session of the day, just before it let go, compared to the first 3 sessions (which were all the same). Maybe pieces of the pump plugging the galleries????