Report Your Oil Pressure Here

[TallPaul]

Engine, mileage, mechanical or electric gauge, approximate pressure at various rpms (hot oil pressure unless stated otherwise):

Ford 2.3L Duratec DOHC 4 cylinder 77,000 miles, mechanical gauge:
1000 rpm: 20 psi
2000 rpm: 40 psi
3000 rpm: 60 psi
4000 rpm: 80 psi
Max: approx 85 psi

 

[Rand]

shouldnt you include oil temp and type of oil?

 

[JHZR2]

My MB cars have mechanical gauges right off the filter. Full hot, they read about 1.75-2 bar at idle, and peg to 3 bar, so they are actually higher than 3 bar of pressure from any point off fast idle.

My chevy truck also has a real gauge, and it idles hot at about 35 psi, and at fast idle and above it has always been right at 60-62, since new.

 

[ls1mike]

2002 Silverado 6.0 (stock electric guage)30,500 miles

70-75 PSI cold idle
45 PSI Hot idle
50 PSI at 60 mph (2300 RPM)
75 at WOT pulling the Trailer (anything over 4000 rpm)

2000 Trans Am WS6 (aftermarket mechanical guage but the stock electric guage matches pretty closely) 60,500 miles

60 PSI cold idle
38-42 warm Idle
40 PSI at 70 mph (about 2000 RPM)
65 PSI at 6000 RPM

The other two cars have no guages.

All cars have Mobil 1 10w30

 

[TallPaul]

Oil type and temp are good ideas, though most won't have oil temp gauge. I have Redline 5w20 in mine.

For reference 1 bar is approx 14.5 psi.

 

[01rangerxl]

2002 Ranger 3.0, 133K miles, electric switch.

Middle, regardless of RPM.

 

[fauxchemist]

1999 jeep grand Cherokee with over 300k
Cold idle is nearly 70PSI
Idle-40PSI
2000rpm-45PSI
3000rpm-60PSI
WOT at 5700 is still 60PSI

 

[bvance554]

Wish i had an oil pressure guage....

 

[Gabe]

GM 4.3L 10 to 15 psi at hot idle; 40 psi at start up.

 

[TallPaul]

Originally Posted By: bvance554
Wish i had an oil pressure guage....

What is the vehicle and engine? Not all that hard to install.

 

[TallPaul]

Originally Posted By: JHZR2
My MB cars have mechanical gauges right off the filter. Full hot, they read about 1.75-2 bar at idle, and peg to 3 bar, so they are actually higher than 3 bar of pressure from any point off fast idle.
so your gauge pegs at 3 bar (43 psi)? Why not get a gauge with a broader sweep. Most aftermarket gauges are 100 psi (7 bar).

 

[Dakota1820]

my saturns have no gauge and my ford says normal and my oil pressure is always on the a in normal. so my conclusion is , its normal lol darn dummy gauges.

 

[Colt45ws]

More than 7psi whenever it is on.

 

[MarkStock]

Would the OBDII bluetooth dongle thingy transmit an accurate oil pressure reading?

 

[Colt45ws]

Most cars dont have oil pressure monitors.

 

[mechtech2]

Originally Posted By: Colt45ws
More than 7psi whenever it is on.


Ha!

 

[SteveSRT8]

a few notables from our stable.

3500 Savana with well over 400k miles-38 psi at hot idle, 60 wound up a bit.

2006 SRT8 at 72k miles-29 psi at hot idle, around 70 wound up tight.

 

[TallPaul]

I may as well report my former truck, a '95 F150 4.9L with about 165,000 miles that once sucked raw air in a construction zone for an OCIs of lead at 475 ppm. Anyways, the oil pressure was lower after that. It ran hot about 36 psi at 2000 rpm and 16 psi at idle on a mechanical gauge.

My Chevy motorhome with the real gauge from the factory runs about 55 hot at road speed and 30 at idle on a 454 V8 with 35,000 miles.

 

[Errtt]

Some time ago, some smart a#$ came up with the idea of the eeedeeeit light - and that's what I have.

 

[SwampSurvivor]

2000 Cherokee:

Cold Idle 50PSI, Cold above idle 60PSI

Hot idle: 17-23PSI (Depending on oil)

Hot running down the road 50.


Right now SuperTech conventional 5w30