ric&g 0 Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Hi folks the oil pressure in my 88 turbo goes up into the red at start up and stays there until the engine is hot then at tickover it will drop to around 2.5 to 3 on the dial is this normal ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pitstoppete 6 Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 mines 6-7bar cold dropping to 2 bar red hot. think thats all within limits. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ric&g 0 Posted July 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 thanks for the info, it will put my novice mind at rest this is the first car i have had that has an oil pressure gauge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chandrab 0 Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 One question I always had about Oil Pressure...How low is too low for an SE Esprit? It's been very hot here this weekend and my oil pressure fell to 1.5 bars on the highway! It's never been that low....I suspect it's because I am running my winter oil (5W40 Synthetic)...I am going to change it to Mobil-1 15W50 this weekend just to be safe. Last summer I dont remember the oil pressure being this low - and I also run the same oil in my Saab 900SE turbo...wonder what sort of damage I am doing there. At what point should one shut off the engine to prevent damage? -Chandra 91SE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Artie 6 Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 One question I always had about Oil Pressure...How low is too low for an SE Esprit? It's been very hot here this weekend and my oil pressure fell to 1.5 bars on the highway! It's never been that low....I suspect it's because I am running my winter oil (5W40 Synthetic)...I am going to change it to Mobil-1 15W50 this weekend just to be safe. Last summer I dont remember the oil pressure being this low - and I also run the same oil in my Saab 900SE turbo...wonder what sort of damage I am doing there. At what point should one shut off the engine to prevent damage? -Chandra 91SE <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The manual says .34 (5psi)bar no less at idle hot, 2.4 bar at(35psi) at 3.5K rpm and should be at 3.1(45psi) at 6500rpm. Artie Quote 89 White Esprit SE...a few little upgrades....93 RX7.....Silverstone....slightly modded...Muahaha...New Addition:1990 300ZX TT......Hmmm Link to post Share on other sites
s4simon 153 Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Last yaar my car was running just below 1 bar (around 0.8) on hot days at idle. This causes the oil pressure light to come on at 'Take Off' which was not pleasing. I changed the oil from 5-40 to 15-50 and now does not go below 1 bar. But as Arite said - the manual states that pressure should not drop below .34 ish (which is well into the red on the gauge) so all in all nothing really to worry about. Quote Simon (94 S4) My Esprit will be for sale in late 2017 Link to post Share on other sites
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