1HDT Oil pressure

stompin · Post by **stompin** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:17 pm

Hey guys

I just had my the engine in my cruiser rebuilt (1hdt), just wondering what sort of oil pressure i should expect?

I dunno if the gauge if fuckd, or if somethings up because the gauge seems to change depending on idling/accelerating/etc. So i am going to mates tomorrow to put an after market gauge on to test it. Just wondering what i should expect.

brad

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:30 pm

it will read lower at idle than at 3k rpm,about 1/4 at idle is normal for a well used 1hdt, or a bit more for a fresh one. at 3k rpm it should read about halfÃsh..... from memory.

so the more revs you pull the higher the pressure should be :wink:

adogg · Post by **adogg** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:15 pm

i would check it with an aftermarket gauge but the factory gauge is anything but accurate its there for novelty factor more than anything :lol:

stompin · Post by **stompin** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:29 pm

adogg wrote:i would check it with an aftermarket gauge but the factory gauge is anything but accurate its there for novelty factor more than anything

The factory gauge i had repaird the other week but i still think its mis reading the oil pressure, I was going to use an after market gauge to check i, went to my mates work to do it today but due a rather bad haing over nothing was achieved.. So ill drop it in there this week for a 1000km oil change and they can check the oil pressure, just paranoid after droping a few grand on engine rebuild.

Smurf · Post by **Smurf** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:58 pm

Does the motor still have running in oil in it? That may give you a lower oil pressure as it tends to be thinner.
I don't know if many people still use running in oil these days or not though???