# 1996 Ford F150 oil pressure dropped

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-ford-f150-oil-pressure-dropped/119108>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ford, f150\
**Created:** [June 12, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-ford-f150-oil-pressure-dropped/119108 "2018-06-12T13:41:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![PhillipSale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@PhillipSale](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PhillipSale)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-ford-f150-oil-pressure-dropped/119108/1 "2018-06-12T13:41:07Z")

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shop put on a smaller oil filter on my 5.8 engine then oil pressure dropped lifters started clattering

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**Author:** ![COROLLAGUY1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/corollaguy1/32/7575_2.png) [@COROLLAGUY1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/COROLLAGUY1)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-ford-f150-oil-pressure-dropped/119108/2 "2018-06-12T17:32:02Z")

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Use the correct size oil filter for your vehicule.

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**Author:** ![Indianadave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9fc348/32.png) [@Indianadave](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Indianadave)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-ford-f150-oil-pressure-dropped/119108/3 "2018-06-15T16:48:31Z")

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I don’t think a smaller oil filter by itself would cause this.  
Maybe they didn’t get it tight and oil leaked out?