[01Wave1998]

I have a 2003 Chevy s10 4.3 with 179000 on it and the thing runs amazingly and I love the truck but the oil pressure worry’s me on start up I have 45 psi of pressure at idle and upon warning up it stays steady at 15 to 20 psi I’ve changed the oil recently as well are the sensors in the trucks common to fail? Also when I cut the truck off the pressure stays at 15 till I cut the truck back on so maybe the gauge is messed with as well idk id like some options thank you

 

[Rhotpursuit]

If you're using text to talk, it's not working. You need to edit this post and use punctuation. Posts need to be legible or they will be deleted. The three vertical dots in the right hand corner will bring up the edit button.

 

[01Wave1998]

If you're using text to talk, it's not working. You need to edit this post and use punctuation. Posts need to be legible or they will be deleted. The three vertical dots in the right hand corner will bring up the edit button.

No offense but I’d greatly appreciate it if you’d just stay off my post if you don’t have anything helpful regarding the post I need help with a issue regarding a truck I didn’t ask for help with punctuation thank you and god bless

 

[Rhotpursuit]

No offense but I’d greatly appreciate it if you’d just stay off my post if you don’t have anything helpful regarding the post I need help with a issue regarding a truck I didn’t ask for help with punctuation thank you and god bless

I'd greatly appreciate it if you'd read the forum rules...

12. If a message is unreadable due to spelling and / or grammar, it may be removed. We don't ask you to be a 'Spelling Bee' champion, or an English Major, only that you post messages that are legible and make sense.

 

[01Wave1998]

I'd greatly appreciate it if you'd read the forum rules...
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😂😂 you realize you could have just passed this by but instead you took time out of ya day to post a rude comment on someone genuinely asking a question he needs answered I pitty the life you live to feel the need to comment something like this

 

[Rhotpursuit]

😂😂 you realize you could have just passed this by but instead you took time out of ya day to post a rude comment on someone genuinely asking a question he needs answered I pitty the life you live to feel the need to comment something like this

You could have avoided this by using 5th grade English skills. Take a week off, stand in the corner with Willie Oleson, and practice.

Oh...BTW...your pressure is fine. These gauges are not the most accurate. Put a mechanical gauge on it to confirm pressure.

 

[SuperSherman44]

Yep, your pressure if fine. Mine does similar stuff, kinda has a mind of its own. . Also I read his post just fine

 

[Rhotpursuit]

. Also I read his post just fine

Not the point.

 

[Innate]

Just exercising my right to vote here - I'm with Rhotpursuit, garbled or careless messages are not as likely to be understood, take more exchanges unnecessarily, and add a step for me, and maybe others, of deciding whether to finish reading them.

 

[PeteD]

You could have avoided this by using 5th grade English skills. Take a week off, stand in the corner with Willie Oleson, and practice.

Oh...BTW...your pressure is fine. These gauges are not the most accurate. Put a mechanical gauge on it to confirm pressure.

Highly second mech oil gage. Being old skool I use SW oil and temp gages on all my stuff. They tell the truth.

 

[aitch]

Just exercising my right to vote here - I'm with Rhotpursuit, garbled or careless messages are not as likely to be understood, take more exchanges unnecessarily, and add a step for me, and maybe others, of deciding whether to finish reading them.

Yep - what he said.

 

[MrUnknown]

20psi hot at idle is fine, 15psi is slightly low imo but you may want to confirm this using an oil pressure tester.

GM clusters/gauges are not exactly the most accurate and they do go wonky.

 

[bk2life]

steady at 15 to 20 psi

i wouldnt worry about it until the engine makes noise.
persoanlly i dont even run oil psi gauges in my vehciles i build, very rarely do you ever need to know oil psi.

 

[Usagoal]

I've made a small test gauge setup with a magnet attached just for test purposes. It's probably not the most accurate, but it works.

 

[azmusclecar]

I have a question, that relates to this thread.

My oil pressure reads low as well on my 94S-10 Blazer. The oil pressure switch is a 3 wire of which if I'm not mistaken, one wire goes to the fuel pump and if the oil pressure gets too low, the sending unit will cut the fuel pump to save the engine.

How would one go about installing a mechanical gauge and deal with the wiring to the fuel pump??

I agree it's the OEM gauges in the cluster that are of questionable reads.....

 

[dman001948]

Rod bearings? Had that problem once, great oil pressure on cold start but, once warm up the pressure would drop.