Oil pressure

[ARAF]

Here's a first for me - serious question!

Out yesterday, the VXR8 was running at 3-4 on the oil pressure gauge at about 2500-3000 revs (about 100 deg on oil temp). Is that right, or is it as I suspect, a little high?

I really think that this is just one of those situations where too much information is dangerous. If the gauge wasn't there, I wouldn't have anything to worry about.

[neiljohnson]

Is that measured in bar?

[jagracer]

neiljohnson said:

Is that measured in bar?

I certainly hope it isn't PSI

[neiljohnson]

jagracer said:

neiljohnson said:

Is that measured in bar?

I certainly hope it isn't PSI

be expensive for him if it is

[essexhsv]

The gauged on the Ro are in bar and mines runs at about 3.2 to 3.3 bar at anything over 1500rpm which is normal.
But i wouldnt want mine to over 4 bar.

[neiljohnson]

wouldnt bother me much better high than low many cars ive messed around with run much higher than that but with the old tech in your engine i would expect it to be fine at that pressure

[ARAF]

The scale, and kPa is hundreths of a bar. The car is therefore running between 3 and 4 bar - roughly 40-60 psi oil pressure. It still seems a bit high to me - I would have thought that 2 bar would have been closer to where it should be.

As to it better being high than low, fine - except for the added pressure it's putting on oil seals.

[neiljohnson]

ARAF said:

The scale, and kPa is hundreths of a bar. The car is therefore running between 3 and 4 bar - roughly 40-60 psi oil pressure. It still seems a bit high to me - I would have thought that 2 bar would have been closer to where it should be.

As to it better being high than low, fine - except for the added pressure it's putting on oil seals.

Have had engines that run up to 6bar without oil seal problems, i would expect that as said above anything up to 4 bar is fine. How many miles has your car done? if its low it will be a little higher than normal as the engine will still be tight.

[ARAF]

Yes, it's tight. It's only done just over 2000 miles.

As I said, it's probably more a case of having information that I'm not used to.

Thanks all.

[donk r8]

ARAF said:

Yes, it's tight. It's only done just over 2000 miles.

As I said, it's probably more a case of having information that I'm not used to.

Thanks all.

Dont worry, mine runs at that with 27000 on the clock, drops a little when very hot!!ie: track day!!!

[snowwolf]

Is the pressure gauge pipe fed or do they run on transducers? bad electrical connections can give false readings if not pipe fed.