jayandrews
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can anyone tell me what oil pressure i should be seeing at hot idle?
ORIGINAL: jayandrews
can anyone tell me what oil pressure i should be seeing at hot idle?
ORIGINAL: jayandrews
im just a bit confused as ive had a guy come to view the car today with a view to buying it.its covered 185000 miles with fsh,doesnt use oil or smoke etc.when first started its over 4 bar at idle but settles down to 2 bar when fully warmed up.he spoke to someone(specialist apparently) who told him it should be 3 bar,because mine is "only"2 bar the big ends will need replacing soon!!! i would have thought 2 bar was ample at idle.......
ive just been looking at the history for the car and it was fully inspected at 174000 miles by the same "specialist" company and they checked oil pressure then and deemed it as ok although it doesnt say what the pressure was then-just ok.
i think he was ready to buy the car before being told this as he was very happy with everything else.i told him in my opinion 2 bar at idle hot was plenty of oil pressure and an oil change may even help,but he has now gone away to think about it.
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