Oil pressure question

[Caboose302]

Ok this may seem like a noob question (although I AM a noob with the 2Vs) what oil pressure should I be running at on idle? I remember my 5.0s ran about 20+ but I'm reading around 16 or so, depending on how hot it is. Is it just me or is that a little low? I have been using synthetic after I bought it but I'm going to switch back to conventional at the next oil change after listening it Lake Speed (oil guru) on Adam Carolla's podcast.

 

[Ferocious]

Once my car is warmed up, it will almost always be at 20psi on idle.

 

[Nightmare]

You should be fine with the oil pressure you at in idle. If I recall you should be at at least 10psi per every 1,000 rpm. As far as going back to a non synthetic oil, unless you want to replace every seal in your engine, don't switch....once you go syn, you can never go back

 

[Caboose302]

I've only had the car about 5 months. That's what they were talking about on the podcast. If it was started with conventional then you need to continuously run conv, same with synthetic. That's my problem is I don't know what oil they used when they rebuilt it. I'm planning on rebuilding it this winter and ill always be using full synthetic.