All sounds fine to me. The Workshop manual says 50-80psi running and
15-25psi idling. However Haynes quotes 50-80 at 3000 so your hot figure is
at the bottom end. Given everything else I wouldn't worry about it until
something else happens. 'Hot idle' is relative, and on both mine is
noticeably higher immediately after a high-speed blast than after having
been stuck in traffic on a warm day for some time.
The oil *pressure* gauge is definitely not an oil *level* gauge - if it
become one then there certainly is a risk of having damaged the engine.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Colen" <lrcar@red4est.com>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 1:38 AM
Subject: Oil Pressure questions
> Having run the engine out of oil due to the oil leak, I'm hyper
> paranoid right now and have some questions.
>
> 1) What sort of oil pressures do people see on their motors cold, warm
> and hot and at what RPM?
>
> 2) At what pressures should someone be worried.
>
> When my motor is cold, I'll see 50 psi at idle, and it will go to 75
> psi at anything over about 2,000 RPM. When it is warm it idles at
> 30-35 psi and hits 75 psi bya botu 3,000 RPM. When it is hot, it idles
> at 20-25 psi and at 3,500-4,000 RPM will be running 60-65 psi. At
> 2,500 -3,000 rpm it runs about 50psi.
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