Oil pressure

[OllyV8]

Just wondering if there is anyone with an oil pressure gauge on their car, and they could tell me what its reading when driving and when on tickover?
Cheers!!

[daddysumo]

When hot ?

I think about 15psi on idle

50 psi around 3 -4 k

Steve

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OllyV8 said:

Just wondering if there is anyone with an oil pressure gauge on their car, and they could tell me what its reading when driving and when on tickover?
Cheers!!

IIRC, while idling on warm up, the pressure is at around 60psi. When the oil warms up to about 60-70 degrees, the oil pressure should drop to about 12psi. The reading varies while driving as it depends on the position of the accelerator pedal.

[OllyV8]

seems quite low to me, but thats what mines doing, just re-built engine after oil pump failed. Got a pressure gauge on now but not sure what it should be reading. On my mini, thats got a 1800 honda engine the oil pressure is a lot higher. Its def keeping around 20psi when driving, but prob not getting more than 40ish