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Offline bucky katt

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oil pressure when my 750 warms up
« on: March 19, 2010, 03:18:54 PM »
after around 30 minutes out in the 78 degree day, i looked down at the oil pressure gauge at idle and it's only 16-18 pounds. the oil is fresh, the screen was cleaned up when i had the motor out.
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Re: oil pressure when my 750 warms up
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2010, 03:28:37 PM »
Nothing wrong with that reading assuming your idle is approx. 1,000 RPM. Actually, you can feel good if the oil pressure (once hot) is 10 lbs/1,000 RPM. It might drop slightly below that at idle on a 90 degree+ day.
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Re: oil pressure when my 750 warms up
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2010, 03:30:18 PM »
man am i happy to hear that Bob. this is the first really warm day since the rebuild was done. about 78 at the hottest. cool run to the spartanburg show next month.
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Re: oil pressure when my 750 warms up
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2010, 04:52:09 AM »
OT: Hey bucky katt, I see your avatar is Simon's Cat now. He's funny, nice! :D
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Re: oil pressure when my 750 warms up
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2010, 06:49:41 AM »
My gage shows zero in hot weather and in traffic ( yes I do avoid traffic like the plague , Have only been in this situation twice ) . Oil light stays off though . My gage is oil filled and I heard that oil filled gages can read incorectly when hot      ( telling myself this makes me feel better ).
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