oil BAR pressure gauge

[john_petchey]

hi all a question for you all!
my oil BAR pressure gauge is actin up, when im drivin it is goin up and down way to fast and when my foot is off the accelerator i have no pressure :?

ANY IDEAS???

[northy]

they do move around mate

On idle when cold its normally 3bar.
Idle when hot 0 or very low.

When driving its normally 3 bar and moving around to suit.

[Rudders16v]

I was a little worried about mine last night, i'd been ragging it a bit, and then when i stopped, it was at 1 bar on idle, couldn't remember seeing it that low before, but that sounds about right then :D (temp was close to 110 so think it needs some better quality oil to keep it a bit cooler)

[nyk]

defo if the oil was at 110 temp.

Mine sits between 2 and 3 when general drivin, when you put your foot down it goes up accordingly.

[Chris H]

gauge is as accurate as a mass produced, crappy diagphram non vital item can be. They even changed the sender as peopel worried they droppe dto low when the cars were new, original was white on 21's/19's/clios then chnaged to black

[Mr.AdamB]

my 1 just dont work :( think i need a new sensor lol
and u must have ragged the f**k out of it to get 110 temp!! LOL wen mine gets near 105 i tend to stop and let it cool down for a bit wit the bonnet open :P lol

[Lunner]

they do move around mate

On idle when cold its normally 3bar.
Idle when hot 0 or very low.

When driving its normally 3 bar and moving around to suit.

Mine is 4 bar when cold, and at 4k rpm around 3.5 bar, at 5k rpm its 4-5 bar even with 120 deg oil temps.......thats ideal, perfect oil pressures, with a fully rebuilt engine, when warm and idling mine drops to around 1-2 bar