Oil pressure

[fixedgear]

when sat idling the Oil pressure dops right down to 0 but when driving it rises with the revs? is this normal?



On a 1.8 16v 95 plate



Cheers,



Tom

 

[Rich-D]

Yes, oil pressure rises with revs, but it should not drop so low at idle...

Either your guage is telling porkies (very likely) or youre engine aint long for this world!

 

[iPap]

All the gauges read differently! But as a rule if it rises with revs you needant worry. If you have a pressure fault, the light will show on the dash!

 

[alexwilliams2]

I have a willliams 2, had it for about 20k now and the pressure needle has always gone right down on idle but then moves up when you pull off

 

[cat171]

mine sits just above the bottom, and obviously rises with the revs,

when the car is cold the needle is right at the top & then it goes down once its warmed up .

 

[TheJesus]

its normal for it to go up, it should do that, but mine generally runs at about 1 i think when at idle, possibly a bit less, although i could be mistaken. Will check when I leave work in a min.

 

[fixedgear]

cheers for the help guys

 

[iPap]

It will run silly high when cold. Mine runs 5.8 bar (the max as it cant go past there to 6 bar) from 3,000 revs when cold. Once warm its so much lower!

 

[ViolentJ]

mine reads pressure at random and then reads it wrong. it tends to sit at 0 all the time now. Cant be arsed sorting it as I want rid now.

 

[Clart]

mine reads just over 3 when cold and goes down to 0 when it warms up. still rises when u boot it though