is 50 psi a good oil pressure for me?

**White5.0** · 03-09-2009, 04:46 PM

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** · 03-09-2009, 06:16 PM

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** · 03-09-2009, 06:28 PM

You're fine Ryan.

**White5.0** · 03-09-2009, 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by 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.......

Originally Posted by Viper_ed

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** · 03-09-2009, 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by 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.......

haha thats exactly what my 300zx does!