Oil pressure gauge range

May 21, 2007 | 02:47 PM

Georgia8er

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Oil pressure gauge range

Any of you that have installed an aftermarket oil pressure gauge, what range did you use and or what range do you normally see?

May 21, 2007 | 03:18 PM

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15-20 idle, 60 cruising, 70 WOT

May 21, 2007 | 10:20 PM

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depends on your oil viscosity.
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May 21, 2007 | 11:08 PM

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18 or so at idle, 55-60 on the highway, 70 WOT. My oil press also drops with the A/C on

May 22, 2007 | 10:13 AM

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Plus the lighter the oil the more efficiently it ferries heat from the engine to the coolers.

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Originally Posted by Charles R. Hill

Speaking of oil viscosities; since I am rebuilding my engine I had a chance to check all of my oil clearances. After finding what I did I am leaning HEAVILY, no pun intended, on staying with 5-20 or 5-30 oil. The specs call for clearances in the range of .0022"-.0029" for the e-shaft bearings and .0024"-.0030" for the rotor bearings. Those are pretty tight specs and my mains range from .0021-.0028 with my rotors ranging from .0021-.0025. I also used 5-20 99% of the time and even with 49K miles I have no bearing wear or scuffing and all of the other wear parts are still at 90%. Remember, I have hammered this car pretty good over the past three years with most of the abuse coming in the first year. The last two I babied it a bit too much.