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oil pressure #908475
29/09/2009 10:35
29/09/2009 10:35

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can someone remind me what oil pressure the engine should show on the guage when all ok?

had a look at a coupe last night am driving it in a couple of days, but we went for a spin.

The oil pressure guage was showing full pressure (3bar i think) during normal driving and only dropped slightly to around i guess 2.6-2.8 on idle..

does that sound good - i assumed it should run full on driving but wasnt sure on idle

thanks

Re: oil pressure [Re: ] #908485
29/09/2009 10:43
29/09/2009 10:43
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The idle pressure is fine, from memory it should rise to 3bar once above 2k rpm after it's up to temprature.

Re: oil pressure [Re: Gunzi] #908537
29/09/2009 12:08
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Mine can go to 1.5 when well warmed - but shoots right up when i apply the throttle..not particularly concerning...as i undrestand



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Re: oil pressure [Re: cjh] #908545
29/09/2009 12:17
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yep when pretty hot mine drops to around 1.5 bar, always rises on acceleration to near enough 3 bar. i'm not concerned in the slightest about this. As other people have reminded me, if there wasn't an oil pressure guage on the car no-one would worry at all!

Re: oil pressure [Re: ] #909481
30/09/2009 19:55
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I agree with the other posts.

One of the worst things about the Fiat Coupe - that damned gauge, wish there wasn't one!

The answers are here:

http://www.fiatcoupeclub.org/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=288990#Post288990


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Re: oil pressure [Re: Matthew] #909566
30/09/2009 21:52
30/09/2009 21:52

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Sound fine!


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