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Sbc very low oil pressure. Use thicker oil?

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Hey guys the 350 in my car has very very low oil pressure at hot idle. Cold idle its very good. Hot idle in gear is literally sitting just over 0 on the gauge. In neutral it comes up to like 4 or 5psi, then when cruising it looks ok. Just slightly under 20psi. The annoying thing is that it doesn't have many miles since rebuilt. I was thinking maybe the filter is clogged, but I didn't think that it will affect oil pressure, at least not this much. I was thinking of getting a fresh filter and some thicker oil and seeing what that does for it. What would be a good oil to get? I would think 20w50 is too thick. It has 10w30 in it now. I don't know if 10w40 is a big enough jump to make any difference. Any help is awesome. Thanks
 
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