Q: Motor Oil?
Just changed the oil and for the 1st time used a synthetic blend over 75,000 mile 10/30 oil. My oil pressure gauge is running about 10 psi lower than it normally did. Is the synthetic oil ok to run in it?
My car has 113000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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