FASTdan
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| posted on 31/5/09 at 01:55 PM |
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pinto oil pressure readings?
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.
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SteveWalker
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| posted on 31/5/09 at 02:53 PM |
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From memory, Mines roughly 60-70 cold, 20 hot. Which seems reasonable, but I can't remember what the figures should be.
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goaty
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| posted on 31/5/09 at 05:54 PM |
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mine is running 20w 50 valvoline, 50ish cold and 30ish hot both at idle.
hope it helps
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FASTdan
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| posted on 1/6/09 at 06:52 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by goaty
mine is running 20w 50 valvoline, 50ish cold and 30ish hot both at idle.
hope it helps
That sounds similar - mine was showing mid 40's this morning with oil temp around 60degs which still isnt that hot.
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jpindy3
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| posted on 1/6/09 at 09:34 AM |
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how much diffrance would a high pressure oil pump make to the reading?
[Edited on 1/6/09 by jpindy3]
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DarrenW
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| posted on 1/6/09 at 12:03 PM |
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Just put mine back on the road today. Showing 70psi cold and about 60 ish hot.
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FASTdan
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| posted on 1/6/09 at 12:31 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by DarrenW
Just put mine back on the road today. Showing 70psi cold and about 60 ish hot.
At idle?
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jpindy3
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| posted on 1/6/09 at 02:06 PM |
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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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DarrenW
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| posted on 1/6/09 at 02:46 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by FASTdan
quote:
Originally posted by DarrenW
Just put mine back on the road today. Showing 70psi cold and about 60 ish hot.
At idle?
yes, at idle. Havent took a lot of notice what it runs at hot. Im just happy that ive got some!
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goaty
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| posted on 1/6/09 at 05:35 PM |
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what sort of oil temp would be said as ideal??
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DarrenW
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| posted on 1/6/09 at 08:40 PM |
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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.
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FASTdan
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| posted on 2/6/09 at 07:04 AM |
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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.
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goaty
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| posted on 3/6/09 at 06:45 AM |
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thats good, as mine peeks at about 80, just takes a while to get there.
cheers
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flak monkey
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| posted on 3/6/09 at 06:47 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jpindy3
how much diffrance would a high pressure oil pump make to the reading?
[Edited on 1/6/09 by jpindy3]
With a high pressure and high capacity pump mine idles at about 40psi hot (110psi cold) and under power runs at just over 100psi hot.
That is on 10W60 fully synthetic
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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