Re: Oil Pressure

From: Tim Berry (coolva1@home.com)
Date: Sun Aug 26 2001 - 20:36:34 EDT


My 5.2 is the same way, but my dad has preached on never to use Quaker
Sludge... I would never use that mess in my motor, just my opinion...
Havoline is supposed to be the best non Synthetic... and when I use
synthetic, I use Mobil 1...

But, yes, the oil gets somewhat thinner as its warm, and therefore you get
the loss of pressure...

Tim Berry

> Noticed that since I changed the oil last time to Quaker state 5w-30 that
my
> oil pressures does something funny. When I'm running down the road the
> pressure ride at the 3/4 mark and stays. After the engine gets warmed up
> though if I sit at an idle the pressure drops to just a tad under the half
> way point. This is a 4.7 in a 2001 quad cab. Anyone else have this? Is
> this normal and I just now caught it or what?
>
>
> Karsh
>



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