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Old 27-06-2006, 09:56 PM
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what should the gauge read at idle when car is hot?
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Old 28-06-2006, 10:53 AM
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depends on the oil really,

but should be just above the red segment of the oil presure. with castrol rs 10-60 mine used to go below, since running REAL synthetic - silkolene PRO 10-40 it reads just above the red when idleing when hot hot, it even makes better pressure when cold than the shonky castrol stuff.
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thanks for the reply mate , thats what mines is reading on fully synthetic, was really worried oil pump was on its way out or summit,phewww
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Old 28-06-2006, 10:48 PM
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anything from 25 to 35 psi on hot idle, stoo
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25 psi on idle????
That's 1,7 bar m8.

Mine comes hardly above 1,5bar at hot idle and sometimes even drops to 1,3 bar.

And that's with the Silkolene Pro S 10w50 stuff.
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Mine sits at the first line above the red when hot, even using Castrol RS
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