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Nov 7, 2006 | 09:22 AM

Slow00ls1T/a

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Oil pressure

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I just recently got my car back on the road after sitting for 6 weeks
was low on oil so i got some 10w 30 put 3 quarts in but once the car warms up idle oil pressure is a nick over 20 and anything about 2500 is 40 i know its a little low but is it dangerous to drive with it that low

Nov 7, 2006 | 11:50 AM

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Technically you need 10 psi per 1k rpm, so 40 psi at 2500 isn't bad, but it certainly isn't stellar. I would check into an aftermarket oil pump and possibly some thicker oil. What brand oil are you running?

Nov 7, 2006 | 12:47 PM

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40 psi at 2500 isn't bad.seems like mine had 45 or maybe alittle over with 5-30 castrol synthetic but as arctic said,anything over 10 psi per 1,000 rpms will work.

Nov 7, 2006 | 01:20 PM

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Does seem a little low IMO. Sometimes you have to be better safe than sorry.

My stats: Idle -- 45 psi ; WOT -- ~70 psi

Nov 7, 2006 | 08:24 PM

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ya i have tsp ported oil pump
im running 10 w 30 but was running 10 w 40

Nov 7, 2006 | 08:38 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Slow00ls1T/a

was low on oil so i got some 10w 30 put 3 quarts in

So, if you had to put in 3 quarts, you only had 2.5 qts of oil in the motor?

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Originally Posted by Slow00ls1T/a

but once the car warms up idle oil pressure is a nick over 20 and anything about 2500 is 40 i know its a little low but is it dangerous to drive with it that low

What was your oil pressure in the past, before it sat for 6 weeks?