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like what has been said already, confirm that the reading is real with a mechanical oil pressure guage first.
and if it is real, you can baby that engine along for a little while so you can build funds to rebuild it or get a crate engine by putting heavier oil in it. if it is really that low, go with either 20w50 minimum or sae 50 or sae 60... not very good for cold starting but they will keep your engine alive for a few thousand more miles.
QUOTE="RichLo, post: 1007057, member: 11963"]like what has been said already, confirm that the reading is real with a mechanical oil pressure guage first.
and if it is real, you can baby that engine along for a little while so you can build funds to rebuild it or get a crate engine by putting heavier oil in it. if it is really that low, go with either 20w50 minimum or sae 50 or sae 60... not very good for cold starting but they will keep your engine alive for a few thousand more miles.[/QUOTE]
Only oil I use is Castrol 20W50 on it, and an engine swap was a plan for the future. Honestly bought the truck to communte back and forth to work in to keep miles off a car I owe more on that its worth, but anyway long story short the stop and go traffic I'm in Monday thru Friday leaves me skeptical to drive it with the pressure as it is. But my plan is to slap a different gauge on it just to confirm readings are as they seem from the dash. Going to try an oil sensor as a last resort but I'm pretty sure the previous people who drove the truck before me did a number on it with their driving habits. Like I said I anticipated rebuilding the motor at the point going into buying the truck, just not this soon.