Where's your oil pressure at??

Detailcrew · Post by **Detailcrew** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 11:06 pm

Ok people need to compare..Curious where your oil pressure gauge needle reads when: ( the engine is at operating temp, and your sitting at an idle?) and where it reads during normal driving? ) i dont think mine is reading right and my mechanic is going to check it out considering that I just had a brand new long block installed and want to make sure everything is runing right! Thanks guys

2kwik4u · Post by **2kwik4u** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:49 am

Once warm it dips down to about 1/4 of the gauge (I forget what that reads). As soon as the engine climbs past ~1500rpm it's back up at 3/4 of the gauge (I think about 60psi?!?!). My 2.2 in the Xtreme behaves about the same way, and I'm running Synthetic 5w30 in both.

F9K9 · Post by **F9K9** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 3:14 am

Roughly 40 on the average but. our gauges are not known for their accuracy.

2kwik4u · Post by **2kwik4u** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:37 am

f9k9 wrote:Roughly 40 on the average but. our gauges are not known for their accuracy.

Very true......they should read "some" and "None".....that would be a bit more accurate.

killian96ss · Post by **killian96ss** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:36 am

As long as you have at least 10 psi for every 1000 rpm you are ok.

Steve

BADs Crew · Post by **BADs Crew** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 3:07 pm

I drove my 95 Blazer to work today and at idle it was at 30psi, while traveling down the road it was running 60psi. The Blazer has 140,000 miles on it. I will check my Crew tomorrow.

Detailcrew · Post by **Detailcrew** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:01 pm

Thanks for the help guys...