I've got an after market oil pressure gauge, race logic (or race tech?) with a direct oil feed so pretty accurate. Hot at 2k rpm reads 50psi. High rpm hot reads 90 - 95 psi, which is almost off the gauge! Is that normal or a tad too high? Cheers,

Trev.

I've got an after market oil pressure gauge, race logic (or race tech?) with a direct oil feed so pretty accurate. Hot at 2k rpm reads 50psi. High rpm hot reads 90 - 95 psi, which is almost off the gauge! Is that normal or a tad too high? Cheers,

Trev.

 

 

yep thats ok dont forget motors not done many miles,what does it read on tickover,about 20?

 

Tony

Yeah 20-25 hot tickover. Dont know if you fitted the gauge but I managed to get the backlight working in it yesterday lol.

 

Went straight thru an MOT last week so thats good. Tony do you know what the advisory was for at the last MOT, maybe wear in rear track rod ends? Cheers,

Trev.

seems a bit high that does, at 3000 rpm it should be between 51-65 psi (hot)

that does seem high! a sticking pressure relief valve can cause this. have known hydraulic tappets to be jacked open by very high oil pressures

Yeah 20-25 hot tickover. Dont know if you fitted the gauge but I managed to get the backlight working in it yesterday lol.

 

Went straight thru an MOT last week so thats good. Tony do you know what the advisory was for at the last MOT, maybe wear in rear track rod ends? Cheers,

Trev.

 

Car was coming off the ramps for MOT as i got there (WORLDWIDE IMPORTS,near Milton Keynes)only thing told about was steering colum lower union wearing(play in steering wheel getting excessive)so i changed that anyways.

 

Tony

hi tony where abouts in dav are you im up at ashby fields i got the black tt

Mine reads about 80-90spi when I floor it above 3500rpm. Thought nothing of it until now, is this bad? car has done 90,000 mile.

Saying that though I've been fixing oil leaks this week found out it was my aftermarket oil pressure sensor in the end that was squirting oil out all over the place! Put a grub screw in for now, maybe it blew cos the pressure was high?

But reads about 20-25psi when fully warmed up on tickover.

hi tony where abouts in dav are you im up at ashby fields i got the black tt

 

Hi mate,me at Jervis Close, NN11 4LL on southbrook just down from big Total Garage Roundabout,is yours the SWB N/A thats about or the LWB TT,me work at Cummins Engines,someone there has a Black SWB too.

 

Tony

seems a bit high that does, at 3000 rpm it should be between 51-65 psi (hot)

 

3k hot is 70 psi.

4k is 80 psi.

5k is 85 psi. Couldn't go any more last night cos it was pi**ing down!

 

The gauge needle goes round like a rev counter, very responsive. As Tony says, it's only done 6k miles so pressure should be good, but Paul do you know where the pressure relief valve is so I can check that? Cheers,

Trev.

hi tony where abouts in dav are you im up at ashby fields i got the black tt

 

Was that you I saw last night on the Drayton way, I was in the silver zed.

yeah that was me its funny seein more zeds around dav we should have a little meet one night in dav i need some advice on my z its the tt manual lwb i have all the common faults like seat belt playin up leaky targa and petrol smell but its still better than my old scooby even if it is a bit of a handful in the rain

Hi mate,me at Jervis Close, NN11 4LL on southbrook just down from big Total Garage Roundabout,is yours the SWB N/A thats about or the LWB TT,me work at Cummins Engines,someone there has a Black SWB too.

 

Tony

yeah it was your z that got me intrested in them my gf parents live down howard close so i saw your z a few times i pulled into your close the other day to see if it was about but no luck i live on ashby fields stanley way at the min my z is my only transport so im always out in it around dav still gettin the little saxo boys tryin it on thought they would of learnt when i had my green scooby wagon

yeah it was your z that got me intrested in them

 

 

Ooooops,sorry :D

 

Your welcome to give us a ring or pop over,Num 22,i may be about but working shifts fook up ya social life :( ,will be here all weekend me thinks,especially with it looking like a wet weekend.

 

Tony

Check that the engine oil cooler is getting good and warm. It only gets oil fed to it if the pressure is over about 50psi. If the cooler is cold it suggests the valve that diverts some oil to it is jammed closed and this could explain the really high pressures. Pressures up around the 90psi's usually only show on cold oil.

Good info' Willieo, I checked it today and oil cooler was getting cooler at tickover, but nice and warm after a blast, so all is working well there. Also checked pressure on a motorway run and above 5k rpm it stayed at more or less 85 psi, so all is well I think.

 

BTW, I remember having some interesting chats with you a couple of years ago :)