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Re: Normal Oil Pressure
I have two data points for you:
1) My father's '82 Coupe. Reads a fluctuating 1.5 - 2 bar at idle when hot,
goes to 5 bar when revved.
2) My '85 Coupe GT. Reads a fluctuating 2.5 - 3 bar at idle when really hot,
3.5 - 4.5 bar when at nominal operating temp, and pegs the gauge when
revving. When really pushing it (full throttle, up to 5K rpm or ss), it
often will drop down to 3 bar or so (which makes sense).
BTW, I'm running Mobil-1 15W50 and my father is using Castol 40W.
Realize that new oil will hold a higher pressure than older oil, and straight
weight oil will hold a higher pressure than dual-weight.
I think your guage may be working fine, but reading higher pressure than
the oil is actually at.
Later,
Eric
Eric J. Fluhr gt6493c@prism.gatech.edu :: Georgia Tech!
http://ulc231.residence.gatech.edu/
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better than gold... Proverbs 2:13-14
//--- forwarded letter -------------------------------------------------------
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> Date: Thu, 05 Oct 95 08:39:46 -0500
> From: T_BROWN@nise-p.nosc.mil
> To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject: Normal Oil Pressure
>
> Does anyone know what is considered normal oil pressure in a 5
> cylinder Audi?. My 86 Coupe GT reads 4.5 to 5 bar at idle. Any RPM
> above idle pegs the gauge. I never thought too much about it since
> the gauge has read this way since the day I drove it out of the
> showroom. A friend of mine is having her Firebird "fixed" because of
> the same indication and now it has me wondering. Is a pegged oil
> pressure gauge normal in Audis?? I'm sure I don't have an oil
> pressure problem, at least not one that has continued for the last 10
> years.
>
> Tom Brown