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witry 06-12-2008 10:33 PM

hows my oil pressure
 
ok i have been reading alot of threads on here about low oil pressure and i just have a question about mine because no one has answered it in the other threads so i have a 2000 WS6 its got 76K on it also i live in FL hot as hell here now so when i start it cold i has just abot the 40 psi mark as i drive it goes up and all and when i beat on it a little or sit in traffic and it gets hot 212+ at idle oil psi stay above the 1/4 mark alomst in the middle of 1/4 and 1/2 just little below that as soon as i tap the throttle is goes up to alomst 1/2 and crusing its at or just barly below 1/2 and when i stomp on it it goes to 60 or barly below if not all 60psi i use mobil 1 10w30 with mobil filter is that normal i had the car for about a month and its always done that is that ok so should i be worried? thanks guys for all the great info

STALL UP 06-12-2008 11:04 PM

your good , as long as you have 10psi for every 1000rpm your fine

witry 06-13-2008 09:32 AM

yeah its kinda hard to see if its 10 or not but it climbs high when i stomp on it and crusing when its hot its right at 1/2 marker

mondols1 06-13-2008 12:18 PM

my start up is right around 40psi and it settles to around 20-25psi once hot at idle. but it is very sensitive to any pedal input and will shoot up to over 60psi instantly, like a tach. car has h/c/h etc.... w/~420 rwhp and driven daily. engine was rebuilt about 12k ago and the psi has always been the same.
mobil1 0-30

witry 06-13-2008 01:54 PM

all this is making me feel alot better about it now

Lt1Porsche 06-13-2008 03:04 PM

on hot days mine does about the same the the OP's does. 25-30 psi hot 45-50 psi cold. Goes up with throttle as well and will hit 60 psi at full throttle.

hanzel69 06-13-2008 06:05 PM

I just don't understand why these cars vary so much between them. Now I can understand if you have work done to it, but if you get a bunch of guys running about the same stuff or close to stock, shouldn't this stuff be the same across the board?

shoemike 06-13-2008 06:35 PM

the "1/4 mark"on the dash is 35psi and the "3/4 mark" on the dash is 70psi,
according to my mechanical gauge i have under the hood of my car.
once my car warms up the gauge sits at the "1/4" mark
and stays there under RPM, maybe it will hit the 40psi mark.
it`s been doing this for 40,000 miles now.
you might need a new sender like me.

witry 06-14-2008 05:06 PM

hmm a sender huh well here comes off the intake i mind as well do it its got 76k on it

stevied916 06-14-2008 07:18 PM

you can do it with the intake still on

blkbird 06-14-2008 08:55 PM


Originally Posted by shoemike (Post 9551475)
the "1/4 mark"on the dash is 35psi and the "3/4 mark" on the dash is 70psi,
according to my mechanical gauge i have under the hood of my car.
once my car warms up the gauge sits at the "1/4" mark
and stays there under RPM, maybe it will hit the 40psi mark.
it`s been doing this for 40,000 miles now.
you might need a new sender like me.

This might just be on your car. The mechanical gauge i have on mine goes right with the one in the dash.


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