Oil Pressure

[Clio-Girl]

Ive done a search and cant find the answer im looking for unless im just not looking hard enough!

What is the oil pressure guage supposed to read? as im worried mine is a bit too low and after spending so much on the engine im very wary!

Thanks guys!

[Clio-Girl]

id also like to know what other peoples guages are reading...

[Wobba]

What is yours showing?

From what I know, around 3 Bar is the norm. Things like ambient temperature and stuff will have an effect, e.g the hotter it is the higher the pressure will likely be. I am no mechanic though.

[Clio-Girl]

it varies from 2-2.5

[white16valver]

On start up mine goes up to 5 or 6.

When hot it idles at about 0.3 lol

Difficult to tell when I'm driving as it gets stuck in the middle and doesn't move unless you tap it LoL but I think it's around/just under 3 when driving normally, and goes about 3.5 when tanking it on the motorway

[Swervin_Mervin]

Yep. 3 at cold idle rising to 5-6 on the move.

Once warm it idles at just over 0 and reads about 2-3 normal driving and a bit more when ragging it.

[Scougar]

If your using fully synth or a very thin oil then it may read lower than it is supposed to. It may also mean you need a new oil pump :(

Mine goes to 3bar at 3000 revs when cold, 1-2 when idling at cold, 2.0 2.5 when at 3000 when warm/hot and zero or just over when idling when warm/hot. I am using fully synth which may be too thin, especially on an engine that has over just over 100k on the clock.

Reminds me, some guy in Launceston Tesco offered me some clio bits. A highly modded 1.8 engine and other stuff. If it was 2.0 I might have been interested, but if you hang around launceston with your clio you may find a new oil pump... attached to a decent engine lol.

Matthew

[C5 SWH]

5-6 on cold start

1-2 bar on warm idle

[Swervin_Mervin]

Fully synth on an old car is utterly pointless. Might as well give me the money.

[AndyFielder]

should get oil coolers chaps! :D ;)