Birty Dastards Jeep Club
Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: Nosebolt on June 09, 2010, 03:29:49 PM
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did the 250 mile oil change today (first proper oil change since fitting the engine) before the change I did notice the oil pressure seemed to hover about 60lbs when cold the drop to 15-20lbs when hot and stay there, I know the CJ gauges are really just suggestions but does that sound right?
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:eusa_think:
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its fine cj gages are so errr good that normaly as long as it goes up when you rev it hot you dont worry overly what it says at tickover
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15-20lbs is at tick over and it goes to 5-10lbs when revved
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it goes backwards :017: :017: leky prob :017: :017:
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sorry thats a typo should read
15-20lbs is at tick over and it goes up by 5-10lbs when revved
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Man that's fooooooked up!!!!
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its fine trust me
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buy,borrow,beg or steal a proper oil pressure gauge if your that worried, my electric one was is a brand new smiths one and dosent read correctly i actually have more pressure than the gauge says :icon_rolleyes:.
Now i just go off the fact that theres a reading thats a lot more when its cold and it goes up when warm if you rev it.
There will presumably be a Jeep or Haynes manual that will tell you what the min/max oil pressure should be anyway.
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Forget electric gauge - go back to basics or put a light on it.
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think I will keep an eye out for a old skool mechanical guage
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think I will keep an eye out for a old skool mechanical guage
:iagree:
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they are cool till the pipe splits
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they are cool till the pipe splits
Never and I mean never happened to me.....
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put a couple of coils in the capilary tube to act as a movement absorber and your fine.
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when i was very young and stoopid i had a landy and it split