Yea, Smokey Unick always said 10 PSI at idle to keep the lifters up, and 10
PSI for every 1000 RPM. This guy is the father of just about everything high
performance, I guess he would know.
Mark
""Bernd D. Ratsch"" <bernd@texas.net> wrote in message
news:000501c1b32d$7232b2f0$090aa8c0@homenet.com...
> Normal.
>
> Oil pressure "safety" range is 6-10psi - 80psi (idle to 3000rpm+)
>
> When the oil is cold (or colder), it will show higher pressure than when
> it's hot (long trips).
>
> - Bernd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net] On Behalf Of Brian Fitchett
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 12:45 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: oil pressure question
>
>
> This may be a silly question.... this past weekend i made about a 2000
> mile trip (Salt Lake , SF, SLO, LA, back to Salt Lake) and about halfway
> through (around Monterey, CA) i noticed the oil pressure changing quite
> a bit while i was driving. when stopped it would drop down to a little
> less than the middle of that "safe" range and while driving along the
> highway it would peg near top of the range. is this normal and
> something that i just havent noticed before in the other 45,000 miles of
> driving this truck? the truck had a full oil change before i left and
> the level was never low throughout all the stops at gas stations along
> the way. also the check engine light came on one night before we
> stopped for the evening, but it was off when we started the next
> morning.... any idea what would cause that.
>
> Brian
> Black 98 V6 CC
> Gibson Exhaust, Quick D intake
> Lowered 2/4
>
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