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[Nosebolt]

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?

[Bulldog67]

 

[Bubba]

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

[Nosebolt]

15-20lbs is at tick over and it goes to 5-10lbs when revved

[Bubba]

it goes backwards  leky prob

[Nosebolt]

sorry thats a typo should read


15-20lbs is at tick over and it goes up by 5-10lbs when revved

[isle of man]

Man that's fooooooked up!!!!

[Bubba]

its fine trust me

[Dave The Sparky]

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 .
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.

[isle of man]

Forget electric gauge - go back to basics or put a light on it.

[Nosebolt]

think I will keep an eye out for a old skool mechanical guage

[isle of man]

think I will keep an eye out for a old skool mechanical guage

[Bubba]

they are cool till the pipe splits

[isle of man]

they are cool till the pipe splits

Never and I mean never happened to me.....

[Dave69]

put a couple of coils in the capilary tube to act as a movement absorber and your fine.

[Bubba]

when i was very young and stoopid i had a landy and it split