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Expert: - 3/24/2008


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what is idle oil pressure and running pressure

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Actually, it's quite simple, and is as it sounds. Idle Oil Pressure, is the pressure your Oil Pressure Gauge should be reading, with the Engine in Neutral, and the engine at a fully warmed up idle. Running pressure, is the pressure your Oil Pressure Gauge should read at anything generally above idle, up to and including highway driving speeds. For example, at idle, on a fully warmed up engine, my 1960 Plymouth's 225 Slant-Six, runs around 20 P.S.I., and at anything above idle while driving, it generally runs around 50-60 P.S.I.

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Questions ONLY related to Chrysler/Plymouth/Dodge Slant-Sixes from 1960-1975. You can ask me about Engine Timing, general specifications, do`s and don`ts, and details such as proper installation of `Spark Plugs` on the 1960-74 `Slant-Sixes.`

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I own and work on a 1960 plymouth, powered by a 'Slant-Six', have also worked on a 1968 'Slant-Six', a 1975, a 1964, and and 1970 'Slant-Six'

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POCI Legislative Liaison
President Of The NY/NJ Slant-Six Club Of America
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http://clubs.hemmings.com/frameset.cfm?club=nynjslant6 (NY/NJ Slant-Six Club Of America Website)


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Smoke Signals (Pontiac-Oakland Club International)
Hemmings Motor News


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B.A 'Labor Relations', 'Rutgers University' (Livingston College Campus)

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