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Originally Posted by DanEC
I contacted them because at hot idle I was getting as low as 15 psi with the 10W-30 oil. Tony with KC said I should probably switch to the 15W-40 oil since they build engines with some clearances a bit on the loose side.
So, I don't really know what to make of that - they started me off with 10W-30 and I'm still running it at the moment. I sort of think they were just suggesting a slightly heavier oil to take my mind off of watching the oil pressure gage all the time. I will probably switch again to the 15W-40 Joe Gibbs just because I have a case of it now - but the 10W-30 seems to be doing just fine.
Of course my FE is not as wild as a lot of them built for replicas and uses what I assume to be a standard pressure pump. Apparently KC doesn't subscribe to Rick Lake's position on FE oil pressure, at least not in all cases. |
Thanks Dan, my engine builder also made the comment about looser clearances. My oil pressure gets down to 20 when idling hot so I'm sticking with the 10w-30.