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Re: Oil pressure questions
This happens on almost all Audis. 200q20v's do exactly the same
thing. The exact behavior of the gauge depends upon the grade of oil
and the temperature of the oil(which together equal different
viscosities.)
Brett
At 8:42 PM -0500 10/9/99, quattro2@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>I recently installed an oil pressure gauge (from a 4KS) and
>associated sending unit (from a CGT)
>on my 87 4KCSQ. When I start the car cold the press. pegs (5+ bar).
>As the car warms up the
>pressure drops to about 2 bar at idle. However, anything over 2200
>rpm and the gauge pegs back at
>5 bar. Is this normal? Should there be this much fluctuation in oil
>pressure over the rev range??
>Or is my pieced together oil pressure setup a little off.
>
>BTW - Why didn't Audi put an oil pressure gauge in the 4K in the
>first place?!!? Seems the diff
>lock console could have been modified a bit to allow one.....
>
>TIA
>
>Bill
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