Oil Pressure

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Oil Pressure
giovanni avatar
giovanni
+1y
Ok on my way to work cold start oil psi runs between 60-80 for 10 mins. Drops to 37-40 on gas
On idel sits 20, Lately its been dropping past 20 after running for 45mins plus. Two times it wanted to throw the o mark n check gauge light.Hit gas light off.. No ticking or nothing, 124,000 .. Any help
lockone avatar
lockone
+1y
Oil pickup tube may have small blockage or pump is just starting to wear out.
bk2life avatar
bk2life
+1y
go get a cheap oil gauge and install it to see if there is any problems. could be a bad sender.

but also be careful, my oil pump pick up tube fell off and toasted my 454..
big bear avatar
big bear
+1y
yea..i was gonna say pump proably going out.
someotherguy avatar
someotherguy
+1y
Can't say I've seen pumps wear out, though the spring in them can get weak. I'd suspect the sender before anything else.

Richard
wide load c-30 avatar
wide load c-30
+1y
OP, did you ever get this figured out?