Joe and netters Just a quick note about oil pressure. Since we use our engines VW and Corvairs alike in the normal cruise range, the rule is 10 pounds of oil pressure for every 1000 rpms. So for you guys flying around at between 2800 and say 3200 rpms, 30 to 35 pounds of oil pressure is just fine once the engine is hot. It should show higher, maybe 45 to 60 psi when cold, and is normal for it to fluctuate with rpm, and be lower when the engine gets hot. My 3.4 V6 has about 80K miles on it and I regularly have 60 psi when cold, and between 35 and 45 psi hot while at cruise rpm, 3000 to 3500 rpms on the highway. I maintain 20 to 25 psi at idle hot. Any more than this on a stock system, and I would worry about starving the main bearings due to too much oil being pumped up into the heads...
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