Oil Pressure
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Oil Pressure
Howdy everyone,
Well, I just installed an autometer mechanical oil pressure gage on my truck and once it warms up, it reads around 40 psi at idle. Does this seem a little high? What should the oil pressure be for an average engine?
thanks,
Doug
Well, I just installed an autometer mechanical oil pressure gage on my truck and once it warms up, it reads around 40 psi at idle. Does this seem a little high? What should the oil pressure be for an average engine?
thanks,
Doug
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From: Austin, TX, USA
high oil pressure isnt a bad thing. maybe you're running thicker oil? anyway, 40 is fine.... i fly small planes and at idle they run (indicated - not necessarily accurate) around 60 psi (20w50 synth). (235 in. flat-4 pushrod air cooled). i'd be alot more worried about low oil pressure than high oil pressure....
