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Is there any reason why oil pressure would drop after installing new lifters in a 92 BT evo? I replaced my lifters and went from 10-15 psi hot to my oil light coming on at idle and guage reading about 0 hot after the new lifters installed! Any thoughts? I checked the oil pressure with a remote gage and it is maybe 3-5 psi when hot but light still comes on. I have read in many places that this is "normal" but light will not go out until RPM's are raised. My idle is set at 1000-1100 rpm.
 
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