delayed oil pressure reading

delayed oil pressure reading

12-07-2001, 01:44 AM

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tmarti96

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Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Eastman, Ga. USA Posts: 130

delayed oil pressure reading

I hope this the correct forum. It does involve the engine on my v ehicle. Here is the deal. About three months ago, I installed Amsoil dual filter system and Amsoil 15-40 synthetic oil. I opted to use Fleetguard LF 787 as full flow filter. Everything worked great. Now have 6,000 miles on oil and noticed a few days ago, the oil pressure gauge is taking longer to come up on start up. It takes about 3 seconds now before it moves. Used to be almost instant. I have 50 lbs at 60 mph and a solid 30 at idle. Oil is on the mark and appears clean. I haven't done my first analysis yet. Was going to wait til 10 K miles. After getting a little concerned about the delay in pressure reading at startup, I changed the full flow filter and topped off with oil. Should this be of any real concern or is this normal as the oil ages? Won't know til tomorrow AM if the filter change helps. Thanks all.

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