In a message dated 98-06-01 11:56:01 EDT, mschrope@VIMS.EDU writes: << my pressure is usually about 40 at 4000 rpm which I attribute to it being farther downstream, but I could be mistaken on this point. I know Bentley says 29 at 2000. I have not measured it at the other spot. I have put about 3000 miles on the van in the last 3 weeks and up until yesterday I always had the 40 @ 4000 reading. When I was getting the lower pressure reading yesterday, my coolant temp. needle was reading just a bit above the light on the gauge. Normally it's on the light towards the top, but it was hot out and the AC was running on fan 3 full snowflake so I didn't think much of it. I anybody has any suggestions or similar experiences I would greatly appreciate your input. Thanks. Mark Schrope '89 Wolfsburg >> From you exact discription, what you are experiencing is normal. Even though your oil pressure dropped down a little, ( heat, length of driving, type of oil, consumers and RPM ) 30 lbs of pressure above 2000 RPM (2.2 bars of oil pressure) is great. You have nothing to worry about, currently. Michael M.87 syncro. |
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