Dave Phillips writes: > > On the recommendations of fine members of this list, I have added an oil > pressure gauge to my extensive dashboard of instrumentation. What pressure > range is expected of a typical 1600 engine? Not sure if the 1600 would have significantly different pressures than my 73, but here's my data for comparison purposes: Cold idle: 60 psi Oil temp ~180 ------------- Warm idle: 20 psi Warm cruise (60 mph) 50 psi Oil temp ~210 ------------- Hot idle 10 psi Hot cruise (60 mph) 40 psi Oil temp > 230 ------------- Very hot idle 8 psi (flickering oil light) Very hot cruise 30-35 psi -David p.s. I use Castrol 20-50 ============================================================================= David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat) SAIC Comsystems '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) San Diego, California '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) schwarze@nosc.mil http://papaya.nosc.mil/~schwarze =============================================================================
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