General Tech Oil Pressure

[KVH]

After driving for about 45 minutes and idling at several stoplights yesterday, I noticed that my oil pressure, at idle, was only about 30 psi. While accelerating it goes up to about 70 and while ordinary driving, it’s around 55 to 60 psi. Does this sound OKAY?

 

[sp53]

sounds like my car

 

[Sarastro]

Sounds OK to me at first view. What is your idle speed? I keep mine down around 700 RPM to prevent dieseling when I shut the engine off, and the oil pressure at idle is about 35 PSI, plus or minus a bit.

 

[KVH]

My idle is about 900.

 

[Sarastro]

It's a little lower than mine, but I have a new engine (4000 miles on the rebuild) so it's probably still fairly tight, compared to others. In any case, your sounds OK to me.

 

[robertrudolphi]

Seems about right to me, assuming you are running 20W50 and not a really hot day as all that will affect oil pressure.

 

[bobhustead]

The pressure is fine.
Bob

 

[mctriumph]

More than 70 is excessive. 30psi at a hot idle is very nice( IMHO) as 20 is the more common reading in most cars.
Mad dog