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Old 10-20-2010, 10:17 AM
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i have a 86 gt and i changed the oil recently, before the pressure was a little high when cold but then heated up it went in the middle like normal. now when its warm the needle goes to the n of normal the old oil was Valvoline 10w-30. i put in 5w-30 for the winter. and its conventional
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Be aware changing viscosity that engine may use some oil trying to adjust. May be enough wear in side that returning to 10-30 is good idea. Actually what you need to do is hook up a wet oil gauge and see what kind of pressure you really have. then refer to first two sentences. Bubba
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