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Originally Posted by csolas
Hi all,
Few questions i have about the car 2019 2ss 1le
1-Even under heavy acceleration my oil pressure gauge never passes 50psi. Is this normal? I am used to my mustang where the oil pressure gauge was all the way up under heavy acceleration reading around 100psi
2-diff fluid change needed after 1500 miles? the manual says only if you are going to track the car but that sounds fishy to me.
3-oil catch can really needed? if the engineers at GM that designed this would have thought it would need an oil catch can then why didnt they put one? In one of my plastic vacuum lines by the intake there is a little plastic box that looks like a catch can?? this is me just wondering.
4-the volt meter sometimes reads very low close to the 12 line and some other times it is right at 14 volts. is this normal?
thank you all
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My $0.02 worth...
1. Different engine, different engines are designed with different parameters... Around 50psi sounds normal from what I've seen on my 2SS...
2. I'm not tracking my can and I'm going to do the differential at 500, 1,500 and then ever other oil change... My theory, fluids are cheap, major components are not...
3. GM likely didn't put it in because a catch can requires owner attention, if it were to get full and start ingesting actual fluids it would be a very bad thing... My thought is it can't hurt (as long as you regularly empty it), so why not do something to help prevent at least some of the intake valve deposits from forming...
4. At idle I could see it going down some but at any type of engine speed I would fully expect it to be very near 14v (13.8v system). I've only driven my 2SS 200 miles so far, haven't watch the volt meter much...