Originally Posted by Hotrod Lincoln
That's pretty much normal pressure. It you had an idiot light instead of a gauge, you'd never see what the hot idle pressure is, since the light doesn't even begin to flicker until the pressure drops to 7 PSI or so. Getting obsessive about hot idle oil pressure has given a lot of people a case of the vapors for no good reason.
Jerry
Just wondered about the vapors, not being Southern enough, I guess
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical_depression

But, no , you wouldn’t want to get them!


~Charley
1954 Chevy 3100 with 235
“Bud”
Follow along in the DITY
1963 Chevy half ton stepside short box 230
1954 GMC 3 ton 302
And several more Chevy camper and work trucks 1979 1987 1996