jmwuva05
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I recently replaced my original canister filter with the spin on kit from spridgetmania. Installed easily without any problems. I havent really driven the car other than around the block every 2 weeks since it got cold 3 months ago. Yesterday I took it out for a couple of miles and noticed my oil pressure had dropped to reading lower than I ever saw last summer or fall, like 5-10!! I immediatley turned around and headed home. Car started faintly knocking the last half mile. In the garage after cooling down oil is completely full. Car normally ran at 30-40 depending on load and at hot idle stayed at 25 with the old setup. Again this was the first time I took the car out for any distance since changing to the new filter. The engine had new bearings and oil filter put in it in the mid ninties and was only driven a few miles before my purchasing it. I am going to get a new pressure relief spring and check there first. Also I put one of those K&N high performance filters on instead of the delphi one that came with the kit. Is there any way this filter could be too restrictive. I am using valvoline 20-50 as I always have. Any advice appreciated