So I finally got around to checking the oil pressure. Something I should have done ages ago I grant you but I'm still new at this. So with my trusty $10 oil gauge plugged in I recorded the initial oil pressure at about 45 PSI (it's got 30W oil). 10 minutes in oil pressure was around 12. Then I put the car in gear and it dropped like a rock...might be a few PSI since the gauge goes in increments of 25 but still it's pretty down there. I'm mostly just venting at this point because it's obvious I need a new engine in there. Oh well. I'll manage it.
id put some 20w 50 in it and if i doesnt knock i would drive it till it started knocking
and get a good oil pressure gauge one that doesnt read in 25 pnd increments
Very important to get a good guage and to make sure it reads correctly. My brand new Snap-On guage is going back because it reads low....Tested the pressure iwth TWO OTHER GUAGES and they read identical while my brand new one read 7 PSI low on all accounts.