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Old 09-02-12, 05:10 PM
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Oil Pressure readings 20w/50?

82 rx7 with 79 motor. Oil cooler was a leaking POS. We replaced it with an after market oil cooler and -10 braided lines. We get 20 ish psi at 800 rpm according to the factory guage never goes over 70 or so. That sound ok?
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The factory gauge can't be trusted to give you accurate readings. That said, sounds reasonable for a stock engine.
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Does your after market oil cooler have an internal oil temperature regulator like the factory one?
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No I don't think it has any regulation.
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It's the same type oil cooler and fan setup I used on a my 13bre cosmo swap.
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It's my car. We're trying to fix it up. I'm not really sure either. Lol.
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i can say, for reference, with a modded (crushed) rear oil pressure regulator on my S4 swap w/ 15w50 mobil1, i have 70psi cold idle, 60psi warm idle and around 90-100 psi over 3k, regardless...with my stock guage
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The PO must have modded my oil system cause I get 65-70#s cold and 60 warm at idle. Over 3 (I haven't gone over 4 yet) I hit about 80-90#s. That is on an aftermarket oil gauge.

I use 20-50 castrol GTX
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My REW block goes up to 130 or so. Hard to tell exactly since it's only a 100 PSI gauge. Wraps it around and pegs it at zero when it's cold. Guess I need a new gauge with a higher pressure range.

This is with 5W-30, by the way.
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Unknown year 12a, stock everything.

20W50 I get roughly 75psi when cold and 50psi warm when driving. At idle it's about 50psi cold and 30psi warm. This is with a Sunpro electronic gauge.
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Ok so it's probably ok. I guess as long as the bypass works in the front cover it'll control the pressure from getting too high. I think 20 ish is probably better for the engine at idle than the barely 10 stock does.

I checked the 83 gsl with 40k miles and the oil pressure is really low at idle. And quickly builds on a quick rev. But never goes over 70 according to the stock guage. But it's only got 10w/40 in it.
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I am about 60psi cold, 20 at warm idle and 50 under rev. 203k mi,stock gauge, 10w30, oil leaks at omp, drain plug and pan gasket. I thought that my pressure was low but would be corrected by fixing leaks. That sound right?
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