hey oldsquirt ?

[jbergie]

hey old squirt, you helped me out b-for maybe you can again,
i have a ford 460, what can cause low oil pressure, thought i had water in oil
but i drained my oil today(thursday) oil did not look to bad, put new oil in fire up boat only 10 psi @ idle, before i used to have 50-60 @ idle, what is normal @idle, gauge gos up when give it gas but gos down when idle.
thanks for the help.---- jbergie

[Oldsquirt]

Did you also replace your filter? If so what brand?
Some manufacturer's will say 10 at idle is OK as long as it has at least 10 per thousand rpm. I don't like seeing it so low and obviously something has changed since the water got in the oil. I would suggest rechecking pressure with a mechanical gauge.
What you don't want to hear is that your watered down oil may have casued some bearing wear or wear in the oil pump itself.