SHOFEAR94
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I finally got my oil pressure sender installed to my gauge pod and it consistantly reads between 55-65 PSI at idle, aceleration, and cruising speed. Is this normal? 3.2 , 10w-30 Pennzoil, oil changed yesterday.,
Oil Pressure PSI, Got gauges?
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Lupo
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When the oil heats up, it should settle down to around 12-15psi at idle.
AutoSHO
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Get that Monkey **** out of your engine before it completely trashes it. Pennzoil is the worst oil you could possibly use. Ever. It is a parrafin wax based oil. Think about a candle. Now think about that happening in your engine. Yes, it is that bad. Go with a quality oil (Havoline, Valvoline, Mobil 1, Castrol). Anything but pennzoil and quaker state. Dont harm your engine, buy the good oil!
SHOFEAR94
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LOL AutoSHO. The reason I use Pennzoil is because I have never had any problems with it. I used it in my Shadow, my ex 93 SHO and now my 94 SHO and have had no problems. I have too many miles to switch to Synthetic and Im not going to pay $5 a quart. I had to add a brass adapter to the end of the sender to make it fit, would that cause a bad ground or eroneous reading? It stays at like 50psi even at idle.
pete c
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shofear,
sounds like you got a on/off switch rather than an analog gauge. I read something a few months back about ford pickups, they still got an oil gauge, but, they have an idiot light sending unit, so the OP always reads mid scale. What cheap fukks they are. Sounds like you got one of these. You should not have 50 psi at idle, hot, no frikken way. BTW, when installing a gauge, is it possible to retain the idiot light? I like the lights because they are immediately noticable. I wrecked a supra engine w/oil pressure gauge once, because I didn't notice the bottomed out gauge until it was too late.
sounds like you got a on/off switch rather than an analog gauge. I read something a few months back about ford pickups, they still got an oil gauge, but, they have an idiot light sending unit, so the OP always reads mid scale. What cheap fukks they are. Sounds like you got one of these. You should not have 50 psi at idle, hot, no frikken way. BTW, when installing a gauge, is it possible to retain the idiot light? I like the lights because they are immediately noticable. I wrecked a supra engine w/oil pressure gauge once, because I didn't notice the bottomed out gauge until it was too late.
Lupo
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You can use a tee connector at the block and use both the idiot light and the gauge sending unit at the same time.
projectSHO89
SHOless In St L
This urban legend has been around for 30 or 40 years and just keeps getting repeated.
Seriously, have you personally ever seen an engine that has been maintained on schedule with these products that has exhibited these supposed problems?
BTW, the term paraffinic as it relates to oil bases does not refer to wax. It is a technical term that refers to the lack of affinity of the molecular chains in the base oil. Most conventional base oils used in automotive applications share this characteristic.
Steve
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SHOfun 93
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Where is Scott with the pics?
projectSHO89
SHOless In St L
I've seen Scott's pictures. All they show is that the 'Pennzoil' engine is darker. That can well be explained by carbon deposits from bad rings, etc having been deposited by the **** system. His previous posts about those pictures don't indicate a service history, either.
FWIW, I use whatever is on sale, Exxon Super-Flo, and Coastal get used alot around here (I have 5 vehicles I keep going). I made my point because of the references to candles and wax, which leads me to believe that the poster was simply regurgitating an old tale.
Seriously, if the #1 quick **** company in North America had this problem with their parent company's product that is dispensed into thousands of vehicles daily, would Jiffy **** even still be in business? Think about it..
Steve
89
FWIW, I use whatever is on sale, Exxon Super-Flo, and Coastal get used alot around here (I have 5 vehicles I keep going). I made my point because of the references to candles and wax, which leads me to believe that the poster was simply regurgitating an old tale.
Seriously, if the #1 quick **** company in North America had this problem with their parent company's product that is dispensed into thousands of vehicles daily, would Jiffy **** even still be in business? Think about it..
Steve
89
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