[FC] oil pressure on greenbrier

[Bryan Blackwell]

What weight oil?  If 10W30, I'd try 20W50 before doing anything else.  
That pressure isn't way low, although I'd say the engine is kinda worn.

On Tuesday, August 5, 2003, at 03:48 PM, Woohey@aol.com wrote:

> recently installed an electric oil pressure gauge, this is an low 
> mileage (@50k), unrebuilt 110
>
> oil pressure generally reads @20 at startup, @30-35 at highway speeds, 
> however pressure drops to @10-15 at idle,after van has been driven @30 
> minutes
>
> is this normal and ok?
>
> should i consider the high volume gears to increase pressure
>
> would like to get a few more miles out of this motor before rebuild.
>
> any advice or input would be greatly appreciated
>
> keith
> '64 brier
> '63 monza vert
>
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