where does your oil pressure sit???

[zr-1assassin]

i would like to know where all your oil pressure needles are sitting on the guage. mine is almost all the way up when i first start it(cold) and then after it warms up a bit it drops to a little above half way. is this normal? :icon_scra

[Jeffvette]

That is normal.

[Hammer]

Normal here too.

[Z Factor]

X 3

:cheers:

[zr-1assassin]

thanks guys.....set my mind to eas:mrgreen:

[carter200]

make it 4 yeps :handshak:

[RedSled]

Same for my long run to BG... - Keith

'90 Red/Red #1383

[bldavis11]

Mine always stays high! ?? I've checked the oil a million times and it's always 3/4 between fill and full. Do I have a bad sensor?

[swaindm]

Make that another yep!

[bldavis11]

Mine always stays high! ?? I've checked the oil a million times and it's always 3/4 between fill and full. Do I have a bad sensor?
Mine does come down to 1/2 gauge when at idle. All other times it's about 1/8" from the top line.

[SharkPilot]

At hot idle mine is about 1/3 scale at higher speeds it goes up to about 3/4-7/8 scale. When it's cold in the morning it's almost to the max at anything much above idle.

SharkPilot

[Norsky4360]

On the first day of a two week road trip (out in the western half of North Dakota) the oil pressure gauge started twitching and then slowly faded to zero. Oil temp and coolant temp remained solid and there was no loud clattering coming from under the hood so I figured I had some oil pressure. An anxious call to a friend who is a GM master tech confirmed the oil pressure sensor was failing, not the oil pump. Stopped at a NAPA outlet in Montana to get a replacement and that took care of it.

Now at cold idle the needle is nearly max'ed out. At warm idle it rests about in the middle of the range. At 2k rpm cruising speed the needle is at the 3/4-7/8 part of the range. (Sure wish the gauges had some increment marks on them. I hate guessing what they're actually reading.)