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Old 10-04-02, 05:31 PM
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What should stock oil pressure be?
Just started my car up to let it run solid for a few hours to break the engine in.

What should my stock oil pressure guage read for now? Car is all stock with new motor.

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@ 2000 rpm mines @ almost 70, that's where it's suposed to be according to Haynes, not sure about idle I think maybe 35 or 40
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Oki.

Thats where mine is. Between 30 and 60 somewhere.
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Mine never goes above 30 at idle and 45 running whats wrong?
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what grade oil are you using?
with 20w50 you ought to see about 45 at idle and a little over 60 @ 2000+ rpm
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should be around 60-70 at 3000rpm. idle is normaly around 30. mines at 12... < shugs >
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Im at about 35psi at idle and hit about 70psi 2800RPM+ using Castrol 20-50w. Using 10-30 before left me about 10psi lower on the above mentioned situations.
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you are merely guessing if you are getting your readings off the stock guage, only way you can truely tell your oil pressure is with an aftermarket guage
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Ya, not trying to be totally acurate, but the stock guage gives me some idea for now.
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Replace the stock sending unit or get an aftermarket gauge.

After 15 years of oil, heat, and other things, the stock gauge tends to be pretty innacurate unless replaced.
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