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Old May 8, 2006 | 03:31 PM
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Question normal oil pressure?

Ok the manuel says that the oil pressure when the oil is at 212F should be 50.8 at 3Krpms. Since I have installed my gauges I havent had the oppitunity to get my oil temps that high(max high for me so far is 180F) but my oil pressure is around 44-46 at 3 K. Now i am picking my pressure up through a RB filter mounted sender site. Does that make up for this differance? The factory is probably registering from the electrical site below the filter. Thoughts?
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Old May 8, 2006 | 11:49 PM
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oil pressure is not anywhere near as critical on a rotary as a piston engine, I wouldn't sweat that small difference. It would have been nice if they had listed a minimum allowable spec though ... kind of strange that they only list one point rather than a range or max/min
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Old May 9, 2006 | 06:12 PM
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oil pressure is going to depend heavily both on rpm and temperature

i also haven't looked at RB's adapter, but does is measure on the in or out of the filter (will make a few psi difference)
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