TheBeastie Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Finally (only took 3 years I think) got the oil pressure gauge fitted and now wonder if what it is telling me is good or bad! So far it looks like about 3 bar when I start up and engine cold. Gradually increases to about 3.5 as engine warms and stays there doing 60mph round bypass. When I came to roundabout and idled at traffic lights it dropped to about 1.5 bar then at about 2 bar whist doing 30mph in fourth gear. Is this the sort of behaviour one might expect from a 22 year old 200Tdi? What should I be watching out for? OK catastrohic drop is obvious but I am sure it could be telling me other things if I knew how to interpret the results. Any suggestions gratefully received. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 sounds good to me 1 bar = 14.69 psi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanuki Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Sounds OK by me. [i know it's not strictly comparable but when fully hot my TD5 running on 5W-40 oil runs at a smidgin over 3 Bar at typical cruise-speed; at hot-idle it's around 1.5Bar.] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBeastie Posted January 7, 2014 Author Share Posted January 7, 2014 Thanks guys. Very helpful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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