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Oil pressure
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:35 am
by ratrangie
G'day all
Ive just installed a new oil pressure gauge and would like to know what psi
the v8' should run at ?
Thanks Stu
Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:13 pm
by djam1
Rover motors at least the early model ones were high volume low pressure when it came to oil. Do a Google search and you will find heaps of info if they are tired they may have 0-10 psi at idle when hot and 30-40 when running at 2500 rpm. If they are healthy they usually have 15-20psi at idle when hot and 40-50 at 2500 rpm. Cold who knows they may get to 60psi. This applies to the 3.5 & early 3.9s the later 4.0-4.6 have a different oil pump and to my knowledge they have higher pressure as a result.
What oil are you using on the earlier motors it should be 20-50
Hope this helps
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:24 pm
by ratrangie
thank you
Stu