I have had an Autometer Electrical Oil Pressure Guage installed on my 2000 Honda Civic Si for approx 6-9 months now. I have never really found out what my oil pressure SHOULD be at, so tell me if these numbers sound about right:

Idle: 25psi
WOT: 75-85psi

Basically the oil pressure rises when I give it gas up until about 75-85psi.

Does this sound about right? What should I look for in case of problems? Oil pressure below 25psi, above 85psi?

Thanks!

-ryan

 

i think, but dont quote me on this anything above 85, you are using a too heavy a weight of oil, or you have too much, less than 25 u have too little oil, but arent all 4-cyl hondas to be at 30 psi at 3k rpm?


[Modified by SOHCkordVTEC, 6:48 AM 8/29/2001]

 

I think that sounds about right.

The thing is...if I put the throttle in and rev it to 3k, I think it may be a lil above 30psi...more like 50ish, but I dunno, can find out.

-ryan

 

TTT

Can anyone else shed some light on the subject?

 

looks good, i think the helms manual says anything above 15psi at idle is good, 75psi in the upper band

 

sounds good;

i get about 20psi at idle and about 80 psi at wot

 

just curios, but does the gauge hook to the wires on your oil pressure sensor unit or do you have a pressure tube from the gauge? it sounds stupid of me to ask, but i have a turbo and no room for anything else to T off the block there and i was thinkin of getting the gauge to fill an empty pod in my car or i was gonna get a clock. thanks

 

The Electrical guage from Autometer that I have requires you to install a 100psi Oil Pressure Sending Unit. I simply connected a 3' stainless braided line to the block, and attached it to a tee fitting with the stock sender and the autometer sender which I mounted on one of the brackets under the IM.

-ryan


[Modified by riot, 10:14 AM 8/31/2001]

 

mine is the mechanical version that uses plastic tubing from the stock pressure location, after its been "T"ed to keep the stock unit

 

I wouldn't DARE touch the plastic tubing...think about it...you are running VERY HOT oil at 25-75PSI into your car...if that plastic tubing melts or fails in any way...you will have burning oil spraying all over you.

-ryan

 

its a hard plastic, i've had it in the car for a year now with no problems, i don't think they would make a product that would fail like that with out people knowing about it by now, autometer has been around for years, i bet that when they started making the oil press gauges they did not make an electric one, i just really don't think its a big deal

 

Big Deal? Well...its as simple as this...how many people would want a plastic tube with very hot oil in it coming into the car? Or how about a stainless braided line? I just think the stainless line is more of a buffer against anything going wrong.

-ryan

 

plastic?!! are u serious?!! i used a steel braided line for mine. i'd suggest the same

 

well at this point i really don't care, it has been fine for a year now and i don't see it becoming a problem anytime soon, the way i see it, by the time the oil gets to the gauge and the passenger compartment it has had time to cool, besides there isn't oil circulating through the line, it is just presurizing the gauge.

like i said before i think if using the plastic line is a problem why would autometer sell the gauge with the plastic line insted of a braded steel line

 

Ok, well if I want to hook up a Oil Pressure gauge, where can I get a braided line that will match up to that fitting on the back of the gauge? I would just like to know specifics on how you did this. If you have any pictures that would be great too.

 

Any Autometer dealer carries the braided lines with the fittings already on it.

-ryan

 

cool, thanks

 

any idea how much those braided lines cost?

 

Anywhere from $30-$50...I think I paid like $40

-ryan

 

Now, I'm not going to just tee the line off of the block, I'm gonna do the deal where I attatch a line from the block and hook it up to a tee fastened to the firewall. I just want to know that if using the nylon tubing in between the block and the tee on the firewall will be a problem, or if I should use the steel-braid there also?!

 

STILL use the stainless line...I wouldn't risk the nylon tube...just go for the stainless braided and you know you won't have any probs.

-ryan

 

ok, well I guess the question I am asking, am I going to have to make that short little ss line to go from the block to the firewall, or can I buy like a 1 ft. line?

 

The smallest line you can get is 3'...thats what I have.

-ryan

 

http://www.bakerprecision.com

You can get the -3 line with 3AN ends just about any length. 1ft is about $10.00 You'll have to buy the adapters seperately.