Oil Pressure Gauge

[Richo]

Hi guys! Great forum, been learning a lot about these cars just by reading these pages. anyway,

When I cold start the car in the mornings the oil pressure jumps up almost to 8 Kg/cm, and starts going down as the car warms up, when it's warm at Idle the gauge shows 2.5 to 3Kg/cm, and fluctuates up and down depending on the RPMs, now,

Is this normal?

What's the oil pressure in your car?

When would it be too low to really be worried?

Cheers, hope I made myself clear

R.

[32brother]

Depends how i have been driving but gauge generally reads about 4, of course it varies on high or low revs, air temp et. If your driving and it reads below 2 for a prolonged time, fill 'er up or pull over and turn your car off.

[Bobby^]

O_O mine starts at second to top, and after a while it goes down to 2 at idle and under halfway when im driving.

I think it has broken recently now, as sometimes it sits at 0 and my oil is still at a good level, no leaks and i havnt broken down. Im going to go get a aftermarket gauge.

[Richo]

The reason I'm asking is because I read somewhere that you can tell how good and tight an engine is by the oil pressure, it says that it should read 4 at idle, and if it is idling below 4 its a sign of a dying engine .....WTF! Hard to believe, but if that's true I'm @#$ed. , So what do you guys think, :bs!: ?

[Beer Baron]

Hi guys!  Great forum, been learning a lot about these cars just by reading these pages. anyway,  

When I cold start the car in the mornings the oil pressure jumps up almost to 8 Kg/cm, and starts going down as the car warms up,  when it's warm at Idle the gauge shows 2.5 to 3Kg/cm, and fluctuates up and down depending on the RPMs, now,  

Is this normal?

What's the oil pressure in your car?

When would it be too low to really be worried?

Cheers,  hope I made myself clear

R.

that is perfectly normal. 2.5 when engine is warm and at idle is well within the factroy tolerance. it should do up to around for @3000rpm.

nothing to worry about.

[Bazelinez]

R32 oil pressure guages are crap. Most read all over the place and my frequently sits on zero. Don't worry about it unless the light comes on.