Stock oil press. gauge, where does yours read?

[Cali HP Addict]

If you have a stock oil pressure gauge will you please take a look and note where the needle is reading at idle, part and WOT? I need this info for reference. Thanks!

 

[don_w]

I'll double check mine, but it always seem to be to the right of center whenever I look at it.

 

[Cali HP Addict]

Oh yeah, let me know if your oil pump is stock and what weight oil you are running please.

 

[don_w]

Stock 3V pump, and currently running 20W-50 syn. But for most of the past 10K miles, I ran 15w-40 crude.

 

[Josh@PMP]

Stock Pump 5w-20, I have never seen mine move. Stays a little above middle.

 

[travelers]

Stock Pump 5w-20, I have never seen mine move. Stays a little above middle.

+1 thats what mine does also.

 

[Charlie Sheen]

I thought the stock oil pressure guages were more like idiot lights?

 

[94tbird]

they are like idiot lights with 3 positions, no pressure, normal pressure and extremely high pressure

 

[S197 GT]

I'll take it out for a spin right now for you.

Mobil 1 5w20 with around 150 miles on the oil - Stock pump...

 

[S197 GT]

Just like everyone said, it stays just past the middle at all times.

 

[Cali HP Addict]

Thanks for the input gentlemen.
The reason I need the reference is that I am running the GT500 oil pump and oil in my new motor. I have done so for 100 miles so far. My gauge is reading about 3/4 with the combo. However, I am a little afraid that the rings won't set properly with the full synthetic so I am going to change to 5w30 dino oil for a few hundred miles. The stock gauge is all I have to go by and I am curious to find out how the GT500 pump and 5w30 compare in pressure to stock pump/stock wt oil.

 

[MrClean]

Stock Pump 5w-20, I have never seen mine move. Stays a little above middle.

+1 same here

 

[94tbird]

i thought the gt500 pump required the different oil 5w50 no?

 

[Cali HP Addict]

No it doesn't. I thought the same thing. Jim III is running it with Motorcraft 5w20 synthetic blend. He put the first 500 miles on it with the GT500 oil though.
The pump is an SVT version of the 3V oil pump.

 

[travelers]

The pump it self dosen't care what oil is run through it as long as its thin enough to get pumped through it, lub it and it has a good supply. You never want to cavatate a pump that tares up the pump.

 

[ClassJ]

"they are like idiot lights with 3 positions, no pressure, normal pressure and extremely high pressure"

Thats how mine always react. The temperature gauge will slowly increase to about half. Then never go above that. Doesent matter if it is 10 degrees out or 110 with the AC on and driving hard. Same spot. The car must have one heck of a cooling system.

Same with the other gauges pretty much, except they just some up instantly and stay at about 1/2

 

[Cali HP Addict]

That is true with the temp gauge but I would disagree that it is so with the oil pressure gauge. I can read differences between weights of oil as well as differences between cold start ups and full temperature.

 

[ZmanM3]

I never noticed any difference in gauge position.

 

[Mick Mach]

Stock Pump 5w-20, I have never seen mine move. Stays a little above middle.

same here. never moves and it just to the right of center.