Oil pressure fluctuating at idle
19 Sep 2016 Hello. I am seeing an idle oil pressure of around 35-40 PSI that intermittently flickers down to around 5 PSI. I say "flickers," because it drops for 27 Jan 2012 Low oil pressure at idle only, will most often mean that the engine is low on oil. As more power is applied to the engine via acceleration, the. 19 Jun 2016 Q: oil pressure gauge started fluctuating the other day.. usually rides at 30lbs now goes from 30 to 60 with the rpm's of the engine.. why? My car 2 Jan 2017 When the engine is idling, the oil pressure is about 2/3 of the way up, and as I speed up, the oil pressure gauge wiggles and twitches, and
25 Sep 2018 Some fluctuating is normal. If the idle pressure is too low your engine could be worn or maybe just the oil pump. Mark helpful.
Rapidly fluctuating oil pressure and rough idle When the car is warmed up, in drive, and stopped somewhere such as a stop light, it has an extremely rough idle. The oil pressure fluctuates rapidly between the 2 and 3 bar, and the car has a rumble-like shake. Hi there folks, not sure this is even a problem but I can't say that I've noticed it so dramatically as with my 05' Frontier v6 4.0. When the engine starts the oil pressure gauage is right around the middle of the range, after it warms up the pressure drops way down at idle and then shoots back up with more rpms. So your oil pressure gauge fluctuates while driving? People instinctively don’t believe dash gauges. When the fuel gauge shows “Empty,”we know there’s a few more miles left in the tank. But the oil gauge is different. If something is wrong with the engine, it can mean a greater problem than looking for the nearest gas station. Oil Pressure fluctuation? Jump to Latest Follow 1 - 13 of 13 Posts. HawaiiKid · As it warms up, it drops at idle to just under 40 psi and goes to just under50 psi at normal road speeds and RPMs..so a drop of about 10 psi when it is warm at normal operating temps on average is what I have noticed. Unlike many of the gauges on a car which are understandable with common sense and simple logic, the oil pressure gauge sometimes seems to be erratic. Most of the time, there's little to be worried about since breakdowns caused by loss of oil pressure is very low on the list of things likely to go wrong with your I noticed on my 2000 Silverado 1500 5.3 that the oil pressure indicator on the dash is fluctuating. When accelerating the needle sits approx at the 3/4 mark and fluctuates slightly ahead and behind. What is this a sign of? What should the oil pressure be at?
25 Sep 2018 Some fluctuating is normal. If the idle pressure is too low your engine could be worn or maybe just the oil pump. Mark helpful.
Rapidly fluctuating oil pressure and rough idle When the car is warmed up, in drive, and stopped somewhere such as a stop light, it has an extremely rough idle. The oil pressure fluctuates rapidly between the 2 and 3 bar, and the car has a rumble-like shake.
So for some reason, at idle my oil pressure gauge drops all the way down. hit the used a true oil pressure gauge setup, the oil gauge needle would fluctuate a
Oil Pressure fluctuation? Jump to Latest Follow 1 - 13 of 13 Posts. HawaiiKid · As it warms up, it drops at idle to just under 40 psi and goes to just under50 psi at normal road speeds and RPMs..so a drop of about 10 psi when it is warm at normal operating temps on average is what I have noticed. Unlike many of the gauges on a car which are understandable with common sense and simple logic, the oil pressure gauge sometimes seems to be erratic. Most of the time, there's little to be worried about since breakdowns caused by loss of oil pressure is very low on the list of things likely to go wrong with your
21 Aug 2019 The problem that I have is that after a hard run of around an hour, the idle oil pressure drops to 15psi - it is 60psi when cold. Temps are fine and
13 Oct 2012 Anyone run into this issue? After running my Titan for 30 mins or so when I come to stop idling, my oil pressure gauge fluctuates low to halfway. 7 Jul 2010 I never noticed the dramatic fluctuation in oil pressure before, but cruising at 70 Idle will be from 5 to 12 and at 2500 rpm, at or around 28-32. 10 Aug 2009 So what gives -- all is normal at full throttle (3200 rpm) to low cruise (2200 rpm), but back at engine cool idle (900-100 rpm) the oil pressure When I turn the car on the oil pressure gauge acts normally, but if I have been running it for awhile, and I pull up to a stoplight, or have to idle for any period of time while in Drive and not Neutral, my Oil pressure gauge will fluctuate slightly. Hi guys, I did an oil change the other day with Pentrite HPR10 (10w 50) in my 88 944s. The following weekend I was driving around in traffic, and at idle my oil pressure and engine rpm fluctuate in unison. This was only happening when the engine got warm. It was not doing this prior to the oil ch
Oil Pressure fluctuation? Jump to Latest Follow 1 - 13 of 13 Posts. HawaiiKid · As it warms up, it drops at idle to just under 40 psi and goes to just under50 psi at normal road speeds and RPMs..so a drop of about 10 psi when it is warm at normal operating temps on average is what I have noticed. Unlike many of the gauges on a car which are understandable with common sense and simple logic, the oil pressure gauge sometimes seems to be erratic. Most of the time, there's little to be worried about since breakdowns caused by loss of oil pressure is very low on the list of things likely to go wrong with your