Re: normal oil pressure gauge reading

[Brett Dikeman <brett@pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net>]

Perfectly normal.  With 5w30 my gauge would drop to 1.8bar or so if 
things got too hot, so I switched to 15w50.  Spooked me a little when 
I first got my car too...

Brett
91 200q20v

At 7:21 AM -0800 2/10/99, Mark McCulley wrote:
> The oil pressure gauge in my newly-acquired 100 reads 2 bar at idle and
> 5 bar, the maximum reading, at anything above about 1500 rpm. Is this
> normal? The owner's manual doesn't give much detail about this gauge.
>
> These readings are with the engine fully warmed up. I'm using Mobil 1
> 15W50, Mann oil filter.
>
> -MM
>
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