Thread: OIL Pressure woes...

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well some think you need 10 pounds for every 1000 rpm s but if you live by this and i do not then at 1000 rmp you need only 10 psi and need 70 at 7000..i think your oil is getting to hot and you may be loose on mains and rods so hot it going to be low hot 20 is fine .when cold it about 40+? long as it builds oil psi under a load .try another oil gauge with a 3/16 line kit

You could have a stuck pressure relief plunger in the oil pump.

maybe throw an oil cooler on it to keep it from getting so hot?

My first thoughts were what 53 Willys said, you are sucking the pan dry. Maybe try a straight weight oil in the 30-40 wt range. I run Rotella T 15-40 also, and I am noticing a little less oil pressure in my 331 Ford at idle than I got with straight 30, but that could be other factors too.

Don