Sounds quite normal for this car. These engines do not normally run very
high oil pressures.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL
Mark LaPierre wrote:
> I have clocked about 400 miles since a complete overhaul on my car and engine
> and
> am experiencing some pretty low oil pressure at 40 to 50 pounds on the
> highway.
>
> The car runs smooth, idles well, no oil leaks (yet) , I am using Castrol
> 20-50 now since
> I changed from the Valvoline 20-50 plus a break in oil , which I ran for about
> 300 miles.
> Changing the oil made no difference. I do have other gauges that I could swap
> out and test .
>
> My main thought is that I am using a Moss spin on oil filter adaptor that I
> purchased back in 1998.
> Seems to me there were some issues with some of these units and I am wondering
> if this could
> be the cause of low oil pressure. This is the one piece unit that allows a
> screw on filter to be used
> and the filter sticks straight out from the engine. All internal/external
> engine parts are new or rebuilt.
>
> Any advise appreciated, Mark
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