Originally posted by skids72
Thanks, everyone. I had a feeling it was really high. Supposedly, the engine was newly rebuilt with ~500 miles on it before I purchased the car. I've put about another 750 on it myself. I'm running 10W30 synthetic (Mobil 1) as suggested by the salty old car emissions guy. Should I go with petroleum of say 5W30? Sounds like the pressure will come down after more miles?

The proper course of action would be to pull the engine and install a high volume pump? I'm not very well equipped here to do that myself but would you say it is worth the $$$ to have this done as opposed to hoping it will come down over time (I think I know the answer to this one). Are there other things that could be causing the high pressure than the pump itself?

Many thanks for all your insights,

Chris
I would never run synthetic oil with this new an engine.The rings will never (seat).One area that was overlooked was the gauge and the sending unit.I would try another gauge and sending unit before I would go dropping the oil pan.