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qld
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May 2003
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oil pressure on idle
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Wed, 19 May 2004 09:40
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my oil pressure gauge hardly moved up when on idle and oil is warm.
jason
is this normal. this is well under 1 psi
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Banned by his request
Location:
moved to tamworth
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: oil pressure on idle
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Wed, 19 May 2004 10:17
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some old holden motor like 202 etc had 6psi at idle which was ok but it should be over 10 on a toyota motor even an old one. check you gauge or if electric check sender. if its that low at idle it will be low at revs which isnt good. more likely a guege or sender prob but make sure as its a pain in the butt to break down and have to get a tow.
mick
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Location:
qld
Registered:
May 2003
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Re: oil pressure on idle
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Wed, 19 May 2004 11:14
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the gauge only goes up to 8 psi i cant see it having such high psi on idle.
jason
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Location:
Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
Registered:
January 2003
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Re: oil pressure on idle
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Wed, 19 May 2004 11:26
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you should have more like 40-60psi when running..
sure it is psi and not some other unit?
or is it 8 (x10) psi?
Cya, Stewart
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Location:
qld
Registered:
May 2003
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Re: oil pressure on idle
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Wed, 19 May 2004 11:28
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its just one of those supercheap like 4cm - 3cm black gauges ill go have another look now.
jason
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Location:
qld
Registered:
May 2003
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Re: oil pressure on idle
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Wed, 19 May 2004 11:32
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no x marking next to the psi but there is a nother format of pressure it goes up to it is
kg/cm2 and it goes to 5.6
jason
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Banned by his request
Location:
moved to tamworth
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: oil pressure on idle
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Wed, 19 May 2004 11:35
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think you will find if it only goes to 8 its a kg/cm gauge which is fine to have a reading of 1-2. and 3.5 at revs
mick
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I supported Toymods
Location:
melbourne
Registered:
June 2002
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Re: oil pressure on idle
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Wed, 19 May 2004 12:03
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1 kg/cm^3 roughly equals one bar, or one ATM, which roughly equals 15 PSI
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Location:
tas
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June 2002
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Re: oil pressure on idle
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Wed, 19 May 2004 13:51
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shinybluesteel: thanx for clarifing that, as my supra oil guage only has kg/cm measurment, i was worried my idle at 3-4 kg/cm was way low.
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