Ive just been given an oil presure gauge, Actually I was given an air/fuel gauge, Volt gauge, and the oil pressure. I understand the volt and a/f, but ive never used an oil pressure gauge before, because I just have no use for it, im not turbo'b or anything, and I dont race my car, but they do look cool, so basically, I wanted to ask what it should be reading? At idle and during acceleration,
Thanks for any input

 

has anyone ever used an oil pressure gauge?
mine is reading at idle 0psi and at full acceleration 75psi.
is that normal?

 

0psi or close to sounds right at idle since there is no 'pressure' in the engine but at WOT it will obviously increase as rpm's increase. As for 75psi that sounds about normal...maybe someone else can give some input .

 

ok, thanks .Ken, thats all I wanted to know, I mean im not running any boost and dont have any major modifications, actually im pretty much stock.! Just wanted to make sure I hooked it all up right.. It was my first

 

anyone else have any experience with oil pressure gauges, or am I ok.?

 

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Great to see some rice in the neighborhood

But yeah, it's working fine

 

Its good to have an oil pressure gauge. u can actually see if ur car is getting enough oil pressure. pretty sure once u get low oil pressure ur engine is f*cked! thats when everything will probably be running metal to metal. anyway running 0 psi at idle?.... i think thats wrong. u should be running at least 10-15 psi or some shiet. at WOT... depending what RPM u are at. should be higher than 15 psi tho.

 

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Why the hell is it rice? Cause I got them for free and wanted to hook em up cause they look cool? Just cause I cant have a massive turbo set up doesnt meen my car is rice.
Thanks for your input champ

 

As long as the oil pressure rises with RPM it should be functioning right.

 

oil is measured in lbs, not psi.

but...0 lbs at idle??
15 lbs at idle?

somethings wrong.
i dont have a oil pressure gauge in my honda but i do in my other vehicles. my 200,000 mile 302 holds 50 lbs at idle and is around 65 crusin down the road.
in my truck, its a steady 45-50 lbs always,no matter what.

0 lbs pressure at idle, if your cars not running bad, then youve just hooked it up wrong.
and having an oil pressure gaue is most DEFINETLY NOT RICE!!
geez. if you have boost gauge and dont have a turbo, but its all for show..gay.rice, whatever.
but not just having a gauge. thats just smart IMO.

 

lbs is a measure of weight, lbs per square inch (psi) is a measure of pressure.

you should be showing from about 10 to 15 psi at idle and should build to 70 - 80 psi by about 5k rpms.

where/how do you have the sending unit mounted?

 

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[QUOTE=jweller]lbs is a measure of weight, lbs per square inch QUOTE]

even though it says PSI on oil gauges, i have never heard someone say "15 psi of oil pressure" or whatever. its just always "pounds". " i have ----- pounds of oil pressure."

 

The unit for pressure is PSI. When you hear people say "POUND, I run 8 pounds of boost", it is just a short way of saying it.

 

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Why the hell is it rice? Cause I got them for free and wanted to hook em up cause they look cool? Just cause I cant have a massive turbo set up doesnt meen my car is rice.
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YOU HAVE GUAGES ON A STOCK VEHICLE!!!!! If Honda was worried that their vehicle wasn't built well enough and that you needed guages in case it up and decides it wants to run lean/rich..... they would've put them in there.

But Hey... if "looking cool" is your thing

 

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YOU HAVE GUAGES ON A STOCK VEHICLE!!!!! If Honda was worried that their vehicle wasn't built well enough and that you needed guages in case it up and decides it wants to run lean/rich..... they would've put them in there.

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GAUGES like AFR, VOLT, OIL PRESSURE...are not RICE. RICE is putting a boost gauge, or nitrous gauge on a car when you don't even have turbo or nitrous, or you have no use for them. Matter of fact, stock car has oil pressure light, just it doesn't show you PSI, only alert when pressure is low. Stock car has battery warning light, water temperature...YES, Honda put them there. What wrong of having gauges on stock car to monitor more detail the condition of the car? It is easier to diagnose the problem, either you missing fuel pressure, battery voltage low, low on oil..., eliminate some guess work. Sound like you have no clue what the **** you are talking about Go home and cook some RICE!

 

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GAUGES like AFR, VOLT, OIL PRESSURE...are not RICE. RICE is putting a boost gauge, or nitrous gauge on a car when you don't even have turbo or nitrous, or you have no use for them. Matter of fact, stock car has oil pressure light, just it doesn't show you PSI, only alert when pressure is low. Stock car has battery warning light, water temperature...YES, Honda put them there. What wrong of having gauges on stock car to monitor more detail the condition of the car? It is easier to diagnose the problem, either you missing fuel pressure, battery voltage low, low on oil..., eliminate some guess work. Sound like you have no clue what the **** you are talking about Go home and cook some RICE!</TD></TR></TABLE>

Sorry maybe I assumed something.....

I assume you will be using a 3 guage Pillar Pod.... am I correct? The 3 guage Pillar Pod that you will be mounting these guages in is RICE!!!!

 

Tell me why it is RICE? Who told you they can't be mounted some other way beside 3 pods pillard?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by xbn83 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Tell me why it is RICE? Who told you they can't be mounted some other way beside 3 pods pillard?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Let's see... Juccord, how do you plan to mount these???

 

lol.... well if the car laready come with all these gauges why need more.. all it does is add weight.. and could cause problems... I.e. less visibility if mounted near you, could also another distraction while your driving, give ppl a reason to call your car rice.. lol there are many set backs the way i see it.. is ay just leave it off..

and the way you have it set up right now i dont think thats right 0 psi at idle? but hey i could be wrong..

all in all.. its yoru car.. have fun

 

lol.... well if the car laready come with all these gauges why need more-ask everybody that question, why they need to buy aftermarket gauges???
all it does is add weight-HAAA, PLEASEEEE, how much weight they could be? 20lbs??? If you want to do weight reduction, I suggest you lose your weight first, it is more effective.
and could cause problems-What problem? Only IDIOTS don't know how to hook them up cause problemS.
less visibility if mounted near you-WTF is this? You mount them on the windshield in front of your face?
distraction while your driving-I expect this comment from a dumb *** only. Like talking on cell phone and driving is any better.
give ppl a reason to call your car rice-Who the **** care what people say or think as long as you don't think it is.

 

ok xP

 

WTF? guages arent rice, even on a stock car..if i had the money, i would throw out some money for maybe a a/f ratio and oil pressure guage...wuts rice is my frends a/f guage that doesnt have a wideband 02 so it doesnt give accurate reading the lED just bounces around liek crazy(hey, it looks cool ryte?haha) and his oil pressure that has the light hooked up but nothing else(hey, who needs it to show ur oil pressure, atleast it has a cool blue light!)...and WTF? ADDED WEIGHT FROM GUAGES?!?! how much can 3 guages and a plastic guage pod weigh? and a guage pod isnt going to **** ur visibility...unless u needa constantly look at ur far left on ur windshield when ur driving...

 

hence the could in front of my examples... i dont care what you guys do i was just saying reasons why i wouldnt do it... yea yea its not heavy i know that... but still to me weight is wieght and in the end everything adds up.. even down to how many gallons of gas you have in your tank... but dont listen to me i was just stating why i wouldnt want those.. honestly when i see those tho on a car i want to laugh when im on the street .. cuz i have yet seen one that has them for a good purpose... you say a/f gauge is good .. i guess... but i dont see what for on a n/a car.. your still going to hook it up to a dyno to tune it... and have to plug something into your car to accurately read it.. the simple a/f gauge is just going to be there to look at... its not like you can adjust it while your driving around... unless you have a vafc.. now if you hada boosted car.. and you driving around and your oil pressure drastically drops or your a/f ratio goes whack and you have the gauges to show you that.. then you could pull over and shut the thing down befor it goes to junk.. thats when guages come into use... but if you want gauges in you car to tell you how much volts are running into your car... and how much oil pressure your building.. go right ahead.. might as well get a huge tach to tell you when to shift.... and please oh please tell me that none of you are installing these gauges on an auto...

 

Hahaha, this is funny, thank you every one who stood up for me, screw all of you who are bashing my free auto meter gauges.! Your telling that if you were given three Gauges and a custom Passenger air bag pod for these gauges, you would throw them away.?
What ever, Maybe one day I plan on boosting, ever though of that? I like my gauges and they do look cool, Oh and are they ever heavy, seeing as I said before how I DONTplan on racing my Accord, that extra 3 pounds is really gonna kill me!
I didnt ask this question for you tell me your opinions on how you think my car RICE, I thought it was a question regarding the performance of the gauge.
Thanks for all of your opinions
Can someone tell me if the line above th 0 is the zero line or is it when its touching the 0 that its at 0.? Im assuming that the line is zero, correct me if im wrong please.!
http://www.autometer.com/cat_g...=2791
Mine sits just at the line (maybe a little above) at Idle, is that normal?


Modified by Juccord at 12:45 AM 8/17/2005

 

At the line is 0, below the line means no power, the gauge is not working yet.