the mechanacle noise I was hearing was do to the fact that a couple of valves were way out of adjustment, I fixed them and the noise went away, as for the pressure it never drops dangerousely low, but low enuff to raise suspition, i'm gonna have to get a real gauge on it soon

nickbean, good to hear you chased down that mechanical noise to the valve rocker adjustment, great to hear it was not oil pump.

cheers

Steve:classic: