Oil PSI a bit High
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Oil PSI a bit High
My car is finally complete it's 500 mile engine break-in. Tomorrow, out comes the regular oil and in will go the Mobil 1.
I just noticed the last couple of days that the Oil Pressure has been reading a bit high. Under acceleration, that's normal, but it is staying high during idle too. It does, once warm, seem to react normally and the analog gauge will show normal lower PSI readings for idle. Any tips for what to look at, beside the oil sender switch connection?
I just noticed the last couple of days that the Oil Pressure has been reading a bit high. Under acceleration, that's normal, but it is staying high during idle too. It does, once warm, seem to react normally and the analog gauge will show normal lower PSI readings for idle. Any tips for what to look at, beside the oil sender switch connection?
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St. Jude Donor '04-'05-'06-'07
Oil pressure at any engine speed will be higher cold than warm. You mentioned your analog gauge, how about your read-out?
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Originally Posted by kittmaster
can you be a little more specific???????
What is the pressure reading itself????
What is the pressure reading itself????
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Originally Posted by Corvette Kid NC
Oil pressure at any engine speed will be higher cold than warm. You mentioned your analog gauge, how about your read-out?
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Originally Posted by LD85
What he said, what is the HOT idle reading?
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Originally Posted by jimbomill
From this afternoon's run, hot was normal. betwen gears/idling, it drops down to close to the second tick mark, with the tranny engaged, it goes up close to the pegged mark, but not to it all the way.
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Originally Posted by jimbomill
Oh - oh, it's time for me to learn something. I can get my oil temp on the read-out by cycling through the "Gauges" button, but do not know how to get the oil pressure to show up.
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Originally Posted by Corvette Kid NC
Don't waste your time, I had a brain-fart. It is only the oil temp that shows up there.
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Originally Posted by CFI-EFI
Now THERE is a trouble shooters nightmare! Beware the "second tick mark". It is obvious you are concerned, hopefully for no cause, but before anyone can get too excited about oil pressure, it must be verified and quantified with a known good, mechanical, gauge.
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