This is topic oil pressure dropping to 20 at idle. in forum Tech Talk at Northern California Ford Owners  .


To visit this topic, use this URL:
https://californiafords.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=015500

---

Posted by fiveohgo (Member # 5282) on :
 
autometer guage so its accurate. what is the problem with this? should i be worried?
 

---

Posted by asskickn88 (Member # 4957) on :
 
What does it come up to when you drive? My 96 is about that at idle but goes way up when I drive. You need 10#s of oil pressure for every 1k of RPM you are spinning so 20#s at 8-900 RPM you have enough
 

---

Posted by CMELEVU (Member # 2563) on :
 
yeah that seems normal. Mine is 25 at idle.
 

---

Posted by adower (Member # 5955) on :
 
What if it drops to 0 at idle? Whenever I idle all my gauges drop low. Normal driving my oil stays around the A on where the normal is written.

Also when I get WOT the oil pressure rises really high. So im wondering when everyone else is at idle all the gauges drop ?

[ January 29, 2007, 01:55 PM: Message edited by: adower ]
 

---

Posted by 66backinblack (Member # 5372) on :
 
i thought 40 at idle was normal? or is that exceptional
 

---

Posted by fiveohgo (Member # 5282) on :
 
it goes up to 40 on a tap of the gas.. so its normal
 

---

Posted by 66backinblack (Member # 5372) on :
 
hmmm, i do have a high volume pump. mines 90 at idle when its cold then 40 once its warm. sometimes when i wot it will go up to 70+
 

---

Posted by CMELEVU (Member # 2563) on :
 
high volume or high pressure? theres a difference.
 

---

Posted by asskickn88 (Member # 4957) on :
 

quote:

---

Originally posted by adower:
What if it drops to 0 at idle? Whenever I idle all my gauges drop low. Normal driving my oil stays around the A on where the normal is written.

Also when I get WOT the oil pressure rises really high. So im wondering when everyone else is at idle all the gauges drop ?

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by asskickn88:

quote:

---

Originally posted by adower:
What if it drops to 0 at idle? Whenever I idle all my gauges drop low. Normal driving my oil stays around the A on where the normal is written.

Also when I get WOT the oil pressure rises really high. So im wondering when everyone else is at idle all the gauges drop ?

---

There is a problem with the gauge or sending unit. Yours was checked with a manual gauge and had plenty of pressure at idle, just never got around to tracking the problem down.

---

Cool, something to work on before the superbowl!

 

---