oil pressure

[jamieburke]

What should the oil pressure be on the nsx? ThanksJamie

[AR]

Around 2 at idles IIRC.

Cheers,

AR

[jaytip]

Actually it can be as low as one when warm,and it is still ok.

[amo]

im allways runnin 1.5-2 on both gauges

thx amo

[Steveycaz]

When driving (not VTEC) mine is around 8! Is that high? I don't know what it is in VTEC as I'm usually staring hard out the windscreen with a manic smile on my face :D

[amo]

vtec for me is about 6
8 i think is hi no??

thx amo

[jaytip]

Amo he said not VTEC.If you red line the car and look at the oil pressure gauge it drops considerably,change gear,drop off the limiter and it rises again.

[britlude]

if it drops too much when vtec kicks in, i suspect there may be something up with the vtec oil circuit... some members on prime report it dropping right off (down to 1!)when vtec comes in.. they don't think it's a problem, but would YOU want your oil pressure plummeting when the engines spinning at 6000rpm+?????

8 does seem high, i suspect it might have had the wrong grade of oil at the last change?

[Trident]

No one knows how accurate the oil pressure guages are!! Mine has always given a very low reading.

[jaytip]

if it drops too much when vtec kicks in, i suspect there may be something up with the vtec oil circuit... some members on prime report it dropping right off (down to 1!)when vtec comes in.. they don't think it's a problem, but would YOU want your oil pressure plummeting when the engines spinning at 6000rpm+?????

8 does seem high, i suspect it might have had the wrong grade of oil at the last change?
you mis-understand me,i was talking about at redline8000-8300rpm

[britlude]

and you still don't think that might be bad? may be cavitation in the pump at that sort of revs