Re: New available motor oil
Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2014/8/4 20:53:58
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Good advice, Ross. I don't think anything is hurting right now, but I just wonder about the oil pump pickup screen having some debris in it from running detergent oil.
The next oil change, coming up soon, will be done at the mechanic's garage, and I will ask them to remove the pan first and check the screen and the oil pan for gunk. Also, have them check the pressure with a mechanical gauge following the oil change, and some heated driving. I just purchased two 5-quart bottles of plain ol' PennzOil 10w-40, and will see how that sits with the straight eight.
As for hydraulic lifter clatter, etc., I don't have to deal with those, of course. I do realize that this is the V8 forum, but we can all stand to learn a little bit more about oil, can't we?
Ross wrote:
Uh, its only normal that the light should flicker at idle and the light should go out the instant the revs increase over an idle. It not remotely normal that the light should still be on at 40.
I hope it is that your oil pressure light switch is failing and not the oil pressure of the engine. Better screw an old mechanical gauge on there and see what you have really got.
Good advice, Ross. I don't think anything is hurting right now, but I just wonder about the oil pump pickup screen having some debris in it from running detergent oil.
The next oil change, coming up soon, will be done at the mechanic's garage, and I will ask them to remove the pan first and check the screen and the oil pan for gunk. Also, have them check the pressure with a mechanical gauge following the oil change, and some heated driving. I just purchased two 5-quart bottles of plain ol' PennzOil 10w-40, and will see how that sits with the straight eight.
As for hydraulic lifter clatter, etc., I don't have to deal with those, of course. I do realize that this is the V8 forum, but we can all stand to learn a little bit more about oil, can't we?
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