Oil Pressure

[GriMo]

Well i just picked up my shiny new (for me) 97 gtst and was paying a fair bit of attention to the oil pressure gauge when driving it around today

at idle it sits just under the 4 and when pushing it a bit goes up to just over 6.

Is that normal and or safe?

also when warming it up if u give it a bit of gas the pressure just keeps rising till you back off, then slowly drops off again. is that normal?

Not sure what the norm is and would rather find out now rather then in a few weeks the hard way.

Thanks for your help

[Lazy-Bastard]

I don't have a lot of faith in the factory oil pressure gauge but your readings sound normal.

I have an aftermarket gauge and it shows completely different readings to the factory one. I've had an electrical and a mechanical gauge both showing the same readings, so I'm pretty sure it's accurate.

When at normal operating temp. my oil pressure is about 30psi (~2 bar) at idle and about 80psi at 3000rpm, on the aftermarket gauge.

Don't take too much notice of the reading when the engine is cold as they will always be higher until your oil warms up and thins out a bit. And, yes it is also normal for oil pressure to rise and fall as the engine revs do.

Do an oil change so you know what you have in there ( I'd suggest a full synth 5 or 10W 40) and then relax, it all sounds normal.

[Cubes]

Don't give it sh*t when the oil is cold unless you are want to rebuild it. Oil temp is different from water temp; generally it takes ~10mins of driving before oil temp is at operating temp.

[RB30-POWER]

unless you have an oil light coming on at idle you have nothing to worry about mate with regards to oil pressure.

just enjoy your new ride and do regular maintenance.