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Engine Question about oil pressure gauge

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dqureshi06

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is anyone able to tell me what the oil pressure readings at each needle of the gauge would be? I know M should be around 50
 

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Don’t know the pressures but I do know once my car is warmed up it’s near the bottom after using 10w-30 full synthetic when idling.
 
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gkomo said:
Don’t know the pressures but I do know once my car is warmed up it’s near the bottom after using 10w-30 full synthetic when idling.
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mine stays around the second line below the “A” when warm and idling. not worried about my oil pressure but I still want to know the exact numbers.
 
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The sending units are notorious for being all over the place and failing. Only way you will know what yours reads is to use a mechanical gauge in parallel and then you will know for sure.
 
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dqureshi06 said:
mine stays around the second line below the “A” when warm and idling. not worried about my oil pressure but I still want to know the exact numbers.
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Your best bet is to get a guage for it. I understand you probably want Fords numbers but its not a very accurate guage to begin with

Edit. I see aerocoupe beat me to it
 
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AeroCoupe said:
The sending units are notorious for being all over the place and failing. Only way you will know what yours reads is to use a mechanical gauge in parallel and then you will know for sure.
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Any gauge recommendations? Autometer?
 

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Autometer and the full sweep type.
 
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I've had stock gauge readings change when swapping sending units too.
 
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