Oil Pressures

[Dave_R]

Right been watching my oil pressure gauge lately and want to compare to other owners (if they have a oil pressure gauge that is). What pressures are you getting?

All these are when the car is warmed up, oil temp at 80-90 degress.

On idle around 30 psi
At 2000rpm around 60 psi
At 3000rpm 75 psi
When I'm flat out just above 75-80 odd psi

I have a t-piece off the low oil pressure warning light sender and I'm thinking if the oil pressure gauge sender is reading the pressure inside the t-piece more than the oil pressure.

Anyone know a bit more up oil pressures? I always thought rule of thrumb was 10psi per 1000rpm? Gonna start looking into it more but F1 is on soon

 

[crezz]

im when mine is cold its pressure is at 5 bar (72psi) on tick over, warm around 2 bar (29psi) tick over...reving right up to 5 bar (72psi) again really but havent really looked too much whilst in gears either trundling along or giving it some

 

[toonfiend]

Start from cold about 60 - 70 psi, then drops to 40 psi once choke off.
Once warmed up at idle 10 - 20 psi
`Conservative` driving ie: under 3K gear changing about 50 psi
`Ragging the nuts off it` driving ie: 5K and over gear changing, anything up to 80 psi

Just come back from a long trip up and down the A1, she was sitting at 70mph, just over
3K and the pressure was showing about 55 - 60 psi (ish)

Mines an aftermarket gauge and to be honest I dont think its that accurate, looks good though!