Low oil pressure at idle

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Jan 3, 2017 | 09:51 AM

CurtisII

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Low oil pressure at idle

I have a 2006 5.9 with 315k miles. oil pressure died at idle, I think it's the pump. Any advice?

Jan 3, 2017 | 02:33 PM

johnh

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Originally Posted by CurtisII

I have a 2006 5.9 with 315k miles. oil pressure died at idle, I think it's the pump. Any advice?

check pressure with a manual gage and go from there!

Jan 3, 2017 | 11:37 PM

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the factory "oil pressure gauge" is a dummy gauge. it works off of a switch and takes around 5 PSI to turn it on. thats why the gauge doesnt move. cold idle you will see around 70 PSI and warm idle you will see around 24 PSI if you have a real oil pressure gauge. like john said, get a real gauge hooked up to it.