Mazda Rotary Club

General => General Technical => Anything Engine/Performance/Tuning related => Topic started by: marty m on March 08, 2004, 06:51:01 PM

Title: oil pressure
Post by: marty m on March 08, 2004, 06:51:01 PM
what should the oil pressure gauage read on cold start up?and when driving?  also what is the correct idle speed................thanks all!!
Title: oil pressure
Post by: grinder on March 09, 2004, 09:45:42 AM
what series ??
Title: oil pressure
Post by: richrx on March 09, 2004, 02:38:36 PM
depends on how good your engine compression is.

mine onstart up was 1/2 way maybe a touch higher(havent driven it for so long i cant remember) and when warm 1/4 maybe BUT it needed a rebuild.


i have seen a freshly built engine which on startup is off the gauge, and 1/2 or above(again dodgy memory)when warm.


not a very accurate answer sorry but you get the idea.


that was for a 3rd gen but the same idea works on all im sure.


rik
Title: oil pressure
Post by: Sean on March 09, 2004, 05:51:14 PM
I\'ve just rebuilt mine, and when idling (warm) it sits comfortably at 30

Hope this helps:wave