RE: Synthetic Oil Pressure

From: Eng, Kenneth (kenneth.eng@datajump.com)
Date: Tue Aug 29 2000 - 17:37:59 EDT


This is occurring on my 98 V6 with conventional Castrol 10W-30.

Ken

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Looper [mailto:davidalooper@yahoo.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 4:46 PM
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: Re: DML: Synthetic Oil Pressure
>
>
>My v6 did the same thing when I went to a synthetic.
>At idle the pressure drops to 40 but under a RPM load
>it rises back to where it used to be. What weight are
>you using? I thought it was because I went from a
>10w30 synthetic blend to a 5w30 synthetic.
>
>Has anyone else seen this behavior?
>
>--- Chris Lambert <mopar88@efortress.com> wrote:
>> I changed to Mobil 1 this past weekend, now I notice
>> that the oil pressure
>> in my 4.7 sits significantly lower at idle (about
>> 35psi). Should this
>> concern me. I used the recommended 6 quarts. Any
>> ideas. I would hate to
>> ruin something over something stupid. I gotta
>> check what it is at speed.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chris
>>
>>
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