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Unread 04-01-2015, 10:31 PM   #6
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What is your oil pressure now, hot at idle?
I haven't really looked at it recently, but I found a post I made a while back when I was paying more attention to oil pressure... (I'm presuming you are asking about the pressure with the heavier weight oil in the crankcase)

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Just a note that with this Joe Gibbs 15w-50 oil in the crankcase now, with the oil hot after a test drive, the oil pressure at idle is now sitting at 35 to 36 psi. So the heavier weight oil seems to have made a substantial difference in pressure. There is no discernible difference in anything else that I can determine.
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