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1979 460 (D9TE) upgrade help wanted

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Old 03-17-2018, 12:17 AM
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Originally Posted by niko20
Are you looking at the oil pressure gauge on the dash, or are you actually measuring oil pressure ? Because through all my internet searching I believe the dash gauge isn't the most accurate. I mean even my truck at full warm up and idle sometimes it will hover 1/16" above the "L" bottom line on the line curve, but then it will go back up on its own later on too even when idling, it seems a bit "random" sometimes. I think the engine can go down to only 7-9PSI oil pressure and still be fine too (in the wiring diagrams there is an oil pressure idiot light that triggers at 7PSI or so, but I can't seem to find that light in my dash yet). This is all information I've gathered from reading everything I can about the 460 engine over the last few weeks. I don't know if it's 100% accurate though.
I am just looking at the dash and sounds pretty similar mine drops below the normal range just above the L dash but does fluxuate up and down, the starting issues are what's really starting to be inconvenient. That and the leaking oil are what is pushing me towards the new engine
 
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