440 losing oil pressure

[44070dart]

here is my situation .. got a car I'm thinking of buying the car has a built 440 maybe 4000 miles on it ..oil pressure has been fine around 70/80 lbs while driving 65 at idle.. the guy who owns it called me as we are negotiating the price to tell me the car is acting up ..it is at 60lbs at idle and while cruising but when he accelerates it DROPS to 20lbs. ..there is no noise coming from drive train at all.. and car runs fine ..it just loses pressure .. the key to me was he JUST changed the oil and filter ..is this what happens if a filter (fram) collapses... I have heard of filters collapsing and was wondering if this is the type of result... especially since he just change the filter

 

[bOb shingler]

just have him try a new filter and see
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[dukeboy440]

here is my situation .. got a car I'm thinking of buying the car has a built 440 maybe 4000 miles on it ..oil pressure has been fine around 70/80 lbs while driving 65 at idle.. the guy who owns it called me as we are negotiating the price to tell me the car is acting up ..it is at 60lbs at idle and while cruising but when he accelerates it DROPS to 20lbs. ..there is no noise coming from drive train at all.. and car runs fine ..it just loses pressure .. the key to me was he JUST changed the oil and filter ..is this what happens if a filter (fram) collapses... I have heard of filters collapsing and was wondering if this is the type of result... especially since he just change the filter

FRAM filters these days are absolute junk. Try a WIX or even a local autozone brand, or even a K&N Gold. Fram filters are so bad that Cummins Engine Corp will not fully honor a warranty on an engine if you run a Fram.

 

[44070dart]

the thing is ..AND I don't want to sound like a jerk... but we are negotiating the price right now and its at the price NOW that I may take it no matter what