H22A is my oil pressure readings ok?
I bought a (used) autometer electric oil pressure gauge from another member on here and installed it on one of the openings on my turbo oil feed adapter (the adapter screws into where the oil pressure switch goes and it has 3 openings on it ie. turbo oil feed, oil press. switch and oil press. gauge)
I am not sure if this is ok but when I start the car from cold, I get about 52 psi. When warmed up I get about 25 psi and when revving high I only hit about 55 psi. Now I heard that sometimes the turbo feed can starve the oil sending unit for the gauge - not sure if thats whats wrong cos my oil light never comes on while driving or idling...
I am not sure if this is ok but when I start the car from cold, I get about 52 psi. When warmed up I get about 25 psi and when revving high I only hit about 55 psi. Now I heard that sometimes the turbo feed can starve the oil sending unit for the gauge - not sure if thats whats wrong cos my oil light never comes on while driving or idling...
Last edited by pcguy760; Jun 21, 2011 at 07:22 AM.
pay more attention to it not being consistent, the sending unit could be worn and not reading right.
over a years period mine went bad and one day i hopped in and it read 0, i freaked out but noticed my oil light wasn't on(which it should come on around 6-8psi).
so either get a new sending unit if you want higher numbers, or just pay attention to consistency.
over a years period mine went bad and one day i hopped in and it read 0, i freaked out but noticed my oil light wasn't on(which it should come on around 6-8psi).
so either get a new sending unit if you want higher numbers, or just pay attention to consistency.
LOL nevermind the damn gauge is the issue (bought it used from another H-T member about a month ago and obviously he had no issues with it). I checked all the wires and everything is fine but when I tap on the gauge face it starts to read differently. The reason I tapped on it today cos for the first time it got stuck on 25 psi and I thought maybe it was a wiring issue so I disconnected the power and it was still on 25 psi lol. Tapped the front of it and it moved below zero. Started the car up and it went up to 75 psi.
Thats what I get for tryin to save a few dollars....
Thats what I get for tryin to save a few dollars....
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