oil issues

[auvct]

hey people.
Its summer time again.
I am running 10w-30w oil in my vct 'lane and having issues with the oil pressure dropping low on a hot day idling in traffic .
When its cooler -no problem.
A new pressure switch was installed a year ago.
Is this common?
Should i use a different oil, install a oil cooler or change oils?
It does run on gas and was thinking to swapping over to penrite HPR30 gas oil.
I think it is a 15w-50w.
Any ideas?

[sbutler]

Mate use a thicker oil. 15w40 will be fine..

[auvct]

thank sbutler

[NeishaXR8_347]

15w-40 will be a start as has been said, i would personally use mobil 1 5w-50.

Shaun

[GK]

I run HPR Gas 10.

GK

[sbutler]

Originally Posted by neishaxr8

15w-40 will be a start as has been said, i would personally use mobil 1 5w-50.

Shaun

I used that in the T3 but found it was way to thin.
The only reason they use it from new was to get fuel & emitions figures as low as possable, for EPA reasons.

I have tried it in a couple of race cars & will never use it again.

Both my T3s use Shell ultra+ 15w40..

[NeishaXR8_347]

Isnt shell ultra 5w-40? Its the grey bottle.

[auvct]

Originally Posted by sbutler

I used that in the T3 but found it was way to thin.
The only reason they use it from new was to get fuel & emitions figures as low as possable, for EPA reasons.

I have tried it in a couple of race cars & will never use it again.

Both my T3s use Shell ultra+ 15w40..

so the viscosity of the oil has no effect on the operation of the vct?

[TwistedEL]

VCT isn't really an issue in a T3
I doubt it would make a difference

[janek]

i use hpr10, top stuff, i think its 10-40 or 10-50

[Wicked Pursuit]

so in my 250 pursuit what should i run at the moment i,m running 0w 50