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Old 06-10-2013, 07:57 PM
kerry kerry is offline
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Duramax oil pressure question

Rode in my friend's 2006 GMC Duramax pickup today. Oil pressure gauge shows 0-120. Start up pressure was 60. After warmed up, pressure at 60mph was 30 lbs, sometimes 25. No higher than 30psi with high rpm's taking off from a stop. Idle pressure showed around 5psi. I didn't say anything but this seemed low to me. Anyone know if these are appropriate pressures on a Duramax? My intuition was that these pressures seem low and if it were mine, I'd confirm the gauge was accurate and if so find out why the pressure was low.
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