[V8] Oil Pressure Gauge

[Kneale Brownson]

All my Audis peg the oil pressure gauge at max when first started cold.
When fully warmed and idling, they all read 1.5 to 2.  Never observed at
partial warmup.  When accelerating hard, they all peg at max again.
Cruising is around 4. 



At 12:44 PM 12/20/2006 -0500, Audi Sport wrote:
>Since we're on this subject, what IS the oil pressure gauge supposed to be 
>at during different operating conditions?
> 
>1. When you first start the car
> 
>2. Once the car is warmed up a little and the idle comes down
> 
>3. Once the car is fully warmed up
> 
>4. When you hit the gas (say floor it) what are you supposed to be seeing 
>and what is it supposed to go back down to when you let the gas go?
> 
>5. What if you only hit the gas about half way
> 
>Thanks,
> 
>Dan
> 
>P.S. What oil Temperature should you be seeing once you've been driving the 
>car for about 15 minutes or so?
>
>
>
>> From: i.rautenberg at waratap.com> To: scott_matus at yahoo.com; 
>v8 at audifans.com> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:07:39 -0500> Subject: Re: [V8] 
>Oil Pressure Gauge> > ALL the time? Or just after you start it? If it's the 
>former, then I> suspect an electrical short or defective sending unit. If 
>it's the latter,> then maybe you're oil viscosity is too high for the 
>climate? Mine (Mobil 1> 10w-30) in this 40 degree F weather starts at 5 bar 
>and then goes down to ~2> bar at idle after engine is warmed up.> > Ingo> > 
>----- Original Message ----- > From: "S_Matus" <scott_matus at yahoo.com>> To: 
>"V8" <v8 at audifans.com>> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 10:13 AM> 
>Subject: [V8] Oil Pressure Gauge> > > > Scott -> >> > I have the opposite 
>problem. My Oil Pressure gauge is pegged fully right> all the time.> >> > 
>Dows anyone have a solution foe these Oil Pressure Gauge issues?> >> > 
>Scott.> > 4 Audis too many?> >> >> > ----------- Message -----------> >> > 
>Message: 2> > Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:49:47 -0600> > From: Scott Simmons 
><indischrot at gmail.com>> > Subject: [V8] Oil Pressure Gauge> > To: V8 Audi 
>Fans <v8 at audifans.com>> > Message-ID: <4588425B.7090000 at gmail.com>> > 
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed> >> > Hey 
>listers,> >> > With the ignition on, engine off, the oil pressure gauge will 
>sit> > at> > 0.5 bar, even if the car's been sitting all night. I know it 
>the> > gauges> > should all tick up a bit w/ ignition on, but that much? 
>Makes me worry> > that, while the engine is running, the gauge is always 
>reading half a> > bar high.> >> > Any BTDTs?> >> > ~Scott Simmons> > 
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