My 2001/4.7 has been doing that since the day I bought it in January.
Been told that's normal.
on 3/29/01 3:04 PM, Will Coughlin at willcoughlin@hotmail.com wrote:
> Ok, I got real nervous this morning because the guage in my truck ventured
> to the left side of the mid/40 mark for the first time! Conditions were
> this: 2000 4.7L,12,157 miles,valvoline all-climate 5W-30 oil,50* ambient
> temp, truck had been started cold, allowed to idle till temperature got up,
> driven 6-7 miles then stopped and left it idling for approx. 30 min. while I
> was fixing my buddy's car('97 30th anniversary Camaro
> SS-LT1,4L60E,3.73/eaton posi,mass-air,headers,custom exhaust,power
> programmer,etc. Dak content: I'm driving it for a few days while I'm working
> on my truck!!). I got back in the truck, and the needle was just barely to
> the left enough to see the middle mark. Is this something to be worried
> about? Do any other 4.7L owners experience this? It worries me since it's
> never done it before, even under identical conditions? I've never let the
> RPM's get high at all while it is cold, which could be a cause of excess
> wear, so I didn't think that would be a cause. The truck has always held
> about 60-90 lbs of pressure. With the a/c compressor running(idled up), it
> never falls below about 60 at an idle. While going down the road, it will
> hold approx 90 lbs easy. I've always felt pretty good about the pressure it
> held until this happened.
>
> Will Coughlin willcoughlin@hotmail.com
> '00 reg.cab,2wd,4.7L/hd5-spd/3.92sg(9.25")
> http://www.geocities.com/willcoughlin/index.html
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