Can anyone tell me what a pinto should be reading when hot, at idle and at high rpm?
Just installed a gauge and its reading 50+ all the time which seems high to me - wondering if the gauge is faulty.
From memory, Mines roughly 60-70 cold, 20 hot. Which seems reasonable, but I can't remember what the figures should be.
mine is running 20w 50 valvoline, 50ish cold and 30ish hot both at idle.
hope it helps
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Originally posted by goaty
mine is running 20w 50 valvoline, 50ish cold and 30ish hot both at idle.
hope it helps
how much diffrance would a high pressure oil pump make to the reading?
[Edited on 1/6/09 by jpindy3]
Just put mine back on the road today. Showing 70psi cold and about 60 ish hot.
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Originally posted by DarrenW
Just put mine back on the road today. Showing 70psi cold and about 60 ish hot.
mine is in bar its 6bar cold @ idle 87psi,
and 5bar when worm,it has a high pressure oil pump,wether that makes a big diffrence i dont know?
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Originally posted by FASTdan
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Originally posted by DarrenW
Just put mine back on the road today. Showing 70psi cold and about 60 ish hot.
At idle?
what sort of oil temp would be said as ideal??
My oil temp more or less follows the water temp, just takes a bit longer to get there. There was a thread on here ages ago that discussed this in detail. In summary (from memory) it was said that it was god for oil to get to around 100 degs to boil off any condensation. Might be worth a seperate thread as this type of question can promote lengthy discussion.
Most oil cooler thermostats open at 80deg. Haynes also quote oil pressures at 80deg (for my XR2 anyway) so I've always been under the impression 80 is a reasonable operating temp.
thats good, as mine peeks at about 80, just takes a while to get there.
cheers
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Originally posted by jpindy3
how much diffrance would a high pressure oil pump make to the reading?
[Edited on 1/6/09 by jpindy3]