ah!!!!!!oil pressure!
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ah!!!!!!oil pressure!
I have a 2000 transam. At a cold start it has around 40lbs of oil pressure and when it comes up to operating temperatures...its around 30. anybody else with this kinda of oil pressure.
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Yeah it's common, rule of thumb, 10 psi per 1000 rpm. So technically, you could have 10 psi at idle and be "ok" I wouldn't sweat it. Wait till a cam change and put a ported pump on, problem solved. And if it's an Auto, it may be lower than a 6 speed, just something I noticed between my two cars.