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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: NB
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factory oil gague?
If your motor isn't stock and your oil gauge reads H when you hit the gas and comes down to 3/4 when you idle. Can you adjust these things?
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Knoxville Tenn.
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Re: factory oil gague?
Oil pressure is a function of how hard the oil pump has to work to push the oil past a given clearance-such as the distance between the bearing surface and the surface of the journal-hense the faster the pump turns the more pressure it takes to force the higher volume of oil past the two surfaces. High speed=high pressure, low speed=lower pressure. Normal.
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Outlandish Trends - FL
Join Date: Jul 2005
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Re: factory oil gague?
mine reads the same thing. It's normal.
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Louisville, Ky.
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Re: factory oil gague?
You need to get an 80 lb oil pressure gauge to replace your stock 60 lb. I would assume your motor has a high volume oil pump and that is why it is peggin the gauge.My truck when warming up on fast idle will push 75 lb of pressure until I kick the idle down, but I never peg the gauge.
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Re: factory oil gague?
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My temp isn't working the oil pegs out the amp gague works but I'd rather a volt one. Vaccum works good. What temp oil Batt gauges fit right in the stock 7 gague bezel? with a little work i mean. Hole size wise i guess i mean. ![]()
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