Oil Pressure
#1
Oil Pressure
89 5.0L -- when driving it is in the middle, but i notice after its hot it goes down to the L of normal. I do have an oil leak... might be a rear main. I don't think the dropping is normal.. even though its still on the word "NORMAL"
#2
Switch to a mechanical guage. I never trusted those factory guages. My autometer guages are far better then the factory ones the car came with. They also make me feel a little better when I need to know what is going on with the engine. This is just my opinion :biggrin:
#7
5w30/10w30 are the stock weights for the 302HO. You should be just fine running 10w30, if you need to run molasses (20w50) to get your oil pressure "normal", your bearings are fubar.
First off, don't trust the stock gauge, they are inherently innacurate, get a nice Autometer mechanical, plumb it with copper tubing (not the plastic crap that comes with the gauge) and you are good to go, and then you will have an ACCURATE baseline from which to draw a conclusion. Until then, by using the stock gauge, you are doing nothing more than guessing.
First off, don't trust the stock gauge, they are inherently innacurate, get a nice Autometer mechanical, plumb it with copper tubing (not the plastic crap that comes with the gauge) and you are good to go, and then you will have an ACCURATE baseline from which to draw a conclusion. Until then, by using the stock gauge, you are doing nothing more than guessing.
#8
Originally Posted by OVERKILL
plumb it with copper tubing (not the plastic crap that comes with the gauge) and you are good to go
#9
i was told by the autometer rep not to use the nylon pipe, i used the copper tubing for one year, switched to the braided line, the gauge is now very accurate (fluctuates pressure even at idle) compared to the copper line that showed pressure, but was slow to respond.
#10
Originally Posted by LX-Markham
never heard of anybody having a problem with the nylon tubing supplied with the mechanical gauge.