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Just a thought, don't trust idiot lights. Install an oil pressure gauge and watch it as you drive. I lost an oil hose once because I didn't tighten the clamp enough after my first time changing the oil (I pumped the previous owner's oil out of the cooler hoses and replaced it with fresh 20W-50 Wolf's Head loaded with ZDDP). I noticed the pressure drop right away, long before it reached the 7 PSI setpoint of the idiot light, and shut her down. The only loss was a couple of quarts of oil on the driveway.

This discussion has taught me something. I didn't realize how high the pressure is at the back of the pump, I figured it was similar to the 60 PSI I read on the gauge when the engine is cold. I'll move replacing the rubber hoses with steel lines, stainless steel braided Teflon hoses, and AN fittings up higher on the to-do list.

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