Spaceman
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All, so my cure was buying a new 24 ZR9000. Actually with the help of posts on TY I found allot of good info. Also, when I got the new sled, the predelivery paperwork showed how to get the onboard diagnostic program. It verified the low oil pressure. A post from 2023 showed someone having a clogged screen in the oil tank. Low and behold, I pulled the sump line off the bottom and very little oil came out. So I dropped the tank and the screen was packed with fiber. Upon inspection it was paper shop towel. When we work on our sleds we use towels to keep the small dripping onto the shop floor. I must have missed one and it went to the tank. What an error on my part. With the ECM protection I feel pretty good that there isn't damage. Oil pan and filter show no metal. What a nightmare. But now I have two 998's. Thanks everyone for you help on this. Spaceman.
Turboflash
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Live and learn. Glad you found exactly what problem was.
Early in my sled's life, I had what I considered lower than normal oil pressure, especially when oil was cold (I was using 0W-40 Klotz Snow Estorlin at the time). I pulled my oil tank apart to find that lower suction screen clogged with very thick "goo" almost like heavy 5th wheel grease. It was from the oil!! I cut open a couple brand new bottles of that Klotz and they all had some kind of heavy white goo in the bottom of them, same stuff that was clogging up that suction screen! I have never used ANY Klotz product since. (When I called them they said it wasn't right but it wouldn't hurt anything!).
See pics.
Early in my sled's life, I had what I considered lower than normal oil pressure, especially when oil was cold (I was using 0W-40 Klotz Snow Estorlin at the time). I pulled my oil tank apart to find that lower suction screen clogged with very thick "goo" almost like heavy 5th wheel grease. It was from the oil!! I cut open a couple brand new bottles of that Klotz and they all had some kind of heavy white goo in the bottom of them, same stuff that was clogging up that suction screen! I have never used ANY Klotz product since. (When I called them they said it wasn't right but it wouldn't hurt anything!).
See pics.
