VZ V6 idle oil presure?

[jwaye2]

Hi does anyone know what the oil pressure should be in idle on a Standard VZ V6 motor. Been googleing all morning and cant seem to find much info.

Cheers

 

[Hrd455]

Every car will have a different oil pressure reading due to how many kays are on the car mime is 160 000 kays and mine reads 20 psi when its warmed up in idle and about 80 psi when cold

 

[jwaye2]

Yer mine has just under 60,000ks and reads about 40psi on cold mornings then when it warms up its around 10psi. Serviced every 5,000ks. Almost due for its next service and oil is still a nice caramel colour. Just wandering if the oil pressure was normal for my car.

 

[Benboy]

Here's some info from Workshop Manual that may be of some assistance:

 

[jwaye2]

Well when its warm mine idles between 700-900rpm which should be around 7-8psi. So according to that mine is pretty much spot on. My digital gauges have a preset warning light for low pressure and its set at 12psi which means its almost always on in idle. Just wanted to make sure its nothing to worry about. Cheers guys

 

[diysv6]

In my notes the alloytec oil pressure minimums are as follows:

@ idle 69Kpa 10 psi
@ 2000rpm 138Kpa 20psi