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Reply to "Oil Pressure Concern"

Since you just examined your oil pickup tube, you have a good idea of its location and where it points inside the sump, i.e., in the middle, pointing left, right, front, or rear. I suggest that you keep track of when you lose oil pressure, and analyze conditions when it occurs, like left/right turns, under acceleration, compression, braking, etc.  You may also want to check if any other electrical function stops momentarily at the same time, which may indicate a bad ground.  Additional ground wires are cheap and easy to run.  Since it happens so fast, a right-seater may help with observation by looking at any other electric gauges.

If you can't find the fault quickly, you may want to consider pulling the oil pan next.  I installed a welded/gusseted after-market oil pickup tube in mine, since Subis had some problems with cracking tubes.  Since you have 2 independent sensors with separate gauges, and both are in agreement, the gauges are likely not the fault.  Oil pumps themselves are reliable and long-lasting, so that may be the last thing to check.

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