x91j

hey anyone good with oil pressure or can tell me why mine drops at idle lol. i made a vid if that helps

http://s584.photobucket.com/albums/s...t=VID00023.flv

MonacaYankee

It should drop at idle. Normally my oil pressure is at a steady 60 while moving, but when I am stopped it is at 40.

ken72

yep, looks pretty normal to me. Mine runs above 40 in drive and drops around 15 or 20 at idle.

mitchell205

Mine dose the same looks normal..... how many miles on the motor

MonacaYankee

From the video, that is normal. That is how mine was before I started using thicker oil.

darknezz

I was gonna make a thread but searched first :P
So.

When I got my jeep the oil pressure was at like 20 when I first started it and dropped to like 10 after it warmed up and driving and even lower at idle....

I changed the oil and put 10-40 in it now its like 50 when I start it but after it warms up its around 30 driving and 20 at idle. hasnt gone under 20. Is that bad or ok or what?

Oh I watched the video, mines no where near that responsive, it slowly goes up when I drive and slowly goes down at a stop.

I've never even had a car with an oil pressure gauge so I don't know.

Its an 89 I6 240,000 miles

Anything I should do? 20-50 oil?

Jeep-unit

My 98 dose the same thing....

fantic238

because your jeep was built in 1991 and it has certainly xxx,xxx thousand miles and it is quite normal.
Change with 20w 60 oil this summer.

x91j

and will that build more oil pressure? also what oil is reccomended for a summer jeep

darknezz

I've never seen 20-60 but I can get 20-50 I'll put that in next, thats what I run in my bmw, a semi synthetic to. What oil for winter? 10-40?

x91j

im running 10w30

darknezz

ew I never use 10-30 in ANY older car, at least 10-40

x91j

why is taht

darknezz

because any older car isnt going to have the same oil pressure as it was new and thicker oil makes for more pressure, besides that my driving style makes the engine work harder and the higher weight helps it from breaking down. but it depends on your climate as well, if its always freezing cold 10 30 may be ok, I use 10-40 in winter and 20-50 in summer

steelersfreak84

thats how mine runs now, with conventional oil from jiffy lube. back when i had high mileage oil, it pretty much ran straight up at 40 no matter what.