# oil press. and gear slipping in my s13
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-press-and-gear-slipping-in-my-s13/110393
**Category:** SON240sx Automotive
**Created:** [October 20, 2007, 12:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-press-and-gear-slipping-in-my-s13/110393 "2007-10-20T00:30:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@googler](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/googler)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2007, 12:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-press-and-gear-slipping-in-my-s13/110393/1 "2007-10-20T00:30:59Z")
so i got 2 problems here. well i unno if they are problems or if im just being paranoid.
1- i got defi gauges, and my oil pressure gauge is giving me an idling reading of about 3.0 when i frst start the car, but as my water temp increases the oil pressure drops down to about 2. then when its at 2.0 while im driving when i downshift or slowdown my gauge drops all the way to 0 then bumps back up to barely a 1.0 - any solutions?
2- just installed a short shifter not too long ago. worked fine in my ka coupe but when i swaped it to my sr coupe for some reason when i shift from 2nd to 2rd it slips. it stays in gear but the shifter feels all retarded like its on a an angle and its wiggly. usually i fight the wiggle to throw it in third and at that point im driving at about 2000rpm in 3rd. - any solutions?
so those are my 2 current issues. pleas need help with this asap!!! thanks every one
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### Author:  [@nwmrkt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nwmrkt)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-press-and-gear-slipping-in-my-s13/110393/2 "2007-10-20T16:28:55Z")
maybe the bushing in the shifter is bad?
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### Author:  [@googler](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/googler)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-press-and-gear-slipping-in-my-s13/110393/3 "2007-10-20T18:02:07Z")
^ ^ shifter pfoblem solved ^ ^
i opened it and realized i was missing a bushing
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### Author:  [@Gonad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gonad)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2007, 10:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-press-and-gear-slipping-in-my-s13/110393/4 "2007-10-20T22:24:29Z")
What is this a KA?
And the Defi gauge is metric so it’s reading the pressures in bar? If so ~1.0 bar is ~14psi which is what the KA is.
My old KA idled at about 11psi which is normal.
Now if its an SR, mine idles just a bit above 25psi at idle, for example.
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### Author:  [@googler](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/googler)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2007, 7:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-press-and-gear-slipping-in-my-s13/110393/5 "2007-10-21T07:18:40Z")
yeap its an sr…dunno bout the 25psi tho…ill look into it. thanks gonad
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### Author:  [@sr20](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sr20)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-press-and-gear-slipping-in-my-s13/110393/6 "2007-10-21T14:56:43Z")
is 20 psi ok on idle on an sr ??
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### Author:  [@Gonad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gonad)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-press-and-gear-slipping-in-my-s13/110393/7 "2007-10-21T15:04:37Z")
20-25psi+ is fine on an SR