Ok so heres the deal a couple weeks ago i went to the track.(drifting). So evreything was going smoothly till about an hour into it i looked at my oil pressure and it was below normal usually its at 30psi at idle and this time it looked to be at about 10psi. So i shut off the car and let it cool down and i start driving again and 15 minutes into it its the sane thing. After that kinda got worried and didnt drive anymore. and the whole way home it was smooth.

Idk what it can be??

any help?

 

your oil was way freaking hot, and could be broken down a bit. Is it normal now?

 

doesnt make sense the hotter the oil the thicker it gets so that means my presure should of been higher???

yeah its normal now

 

You're wrong. The hotter the oil gets, the thinner it gets.

 

Glad to hear it's normal again. The oil will only stay in it's viscosity range if it's within it's operating heat range and that differs from brand to brand. When the oil starts heating up beyond it's operating heat range, it thins out.

The better the viscosity index rating, the better the oil is at retaining it's viscosity at high heat operation.

So technically, when you really heat up your engine oil; it thins out...and if you continue abusing the engine the engine oil will eventually get so hot it'll thin out to the point where it burns off your cylinder walls and other engine components; that's called the oil flash point.

Oil reading 101 is now over