Hi all,
So a couple hundred miles ago I put in ~40% of a can of seafoam in the oil and ran the engine for about 100 miles over a week. Then i changed the oil. During that week I noticed that, once the car warmed up, the oil pressure would slowly drop to the min on the gauge when at a stoplight. The pressure would quickly return to normal (~30% on the gauge) once the revs came up. Next stoplight, same thing.
I assumed the seafoam had worked some gunk loose, and was highly diluting the mix making it too thin. I assumed this would normalize after the oil change.
I changed the oil and filter and it's still going on. Oil level seems fine. And it only happens after the car warms up. I'm running Napa 10W40.
In all fairness, it may have been happening before i just never noticed. I'm rather new to the car. When i pulled the valve cover, it does not appear starved since there was oil on all the springs.
Should I be worried?
So a couple hundred miles ago I put in ~40% of a can of seafoam in the oil and ran the engine for about 100 miles over a week. Then i changed the oil. During that week I noticed that, once the car warmed up, the oil pressure would slowly drop to the min on the gauge when at a stoplight. The pressure would quickly return to normal (~30% on the gauge) once the revs came up. Next stoplight, same thing.
I assumed the seafoam had worked some gunk loose, and was highly diluting the mix making it too thin. I assumed this would normalize after the oil change.
I changed the oil and filter and it's still going on. Oil level seems fine. And it only happens after the car warms up. I'm running Napa 10W40.
In all fairness, it may have been happening before i just never noticed. I'm rather new to the car. When i pulled the valve cover, it does not appear starved since there was oil on all the springs.
Should I be worried?