is 50 psi a good oil pressure for me?

[White5.0]

i have an autometer oil psi gauge and while driving it is at 50 psi. is this a normal oil pressure? not to high or too low? my combo is in my sig...

[smoked88lx]

I've got damn near the same motor set up as you, different intake and heads but relativly the same, ive got about 20k miles on my motor, on my autometer gauge i see around 75 psi at 1500rpm when cold, i run mobil1 10w30 by the way, when im at normal temp, i see 15 to 20 psi at idle 900 to 1000 rpm, if i tap the gas, to 1200 to 1500 rpm i get 50 psi and this is where i stay when warm, so id say your fine, i used to see more psi, when i had a open crankcase breather, which i found was a no no, when running a pcv valve, since i sealed the crankcase with a normal oil cap, i see the numbers i just gave you.......

[Viper_ed]

You're fine Ryan.

[White5.0]

I've got damn near the same motor set up as you, different intake and heads but relativly the same, ive got about 20k miles on my motor, on my autometer gauge i see around 75 psi at 1500rpm when cold, i run mobil1 10w30 by the way, when im at normal temp, i see 15 to 20 psi at idle 900 to 1000 rpm, if i tap the gas, to 1200 to 1500 rpm i get 50 psi and this is where i stay when warm, so id say your fine, i used to see more psi, when i had a open crankcase breather, which i found was a no no, when running a pcv valve, since i sealed the crankcase with a normal oil cap, i see the numbers i just gave you.......


You're fine Ryan.


thanks guys. i only have 33 miles on my engine so far, just makin sure everything is going good before i put a bunch more miles on it

[97LaserRed]

I've got damn near the same motor set up as you, different intake and heads but relativly the same, ive got about 20k miles on my motor, on my autometer gauge i see around 75 psi at 1500rpm when cold, i run mobil1 10w30 by the way, when im at normal temp, i see 15 to 20 psi at idle 900 to 1000 rpm, if i tap the gas, to 1200 to 1500 rpm i get 50 psi and this is where i stay when warm, so id say your fine, i used to see more psi, when i had a open crankcase breather, which i found was a no no, when running a pcv valve, since i sealed the crankcase with a normal oil cap, i see the numbers i just gave you.......
haha thats exactly what my 300zx does!