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matt101

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26th Nov, 2007 at 06:24:25pm

Hi all. I have a new rebuilt engine and jus wondering if my oil pressure seems too low compared with everyone elses, Its running 25lb on idle when warm and when reving rises to around 50lb. Is this low? My other mini is alot higher than this, jus wondering if the turbo engines run lower for any reason? Any suggestions on reasons why if so? And what i could do to improve it? Its had all new bearings and a new turbo oil pump. Cheers

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26th Nov, 2007 at 06:34:42pm

no need to worry mine runs the same 25 when hot idling and 60 when going along

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matt101

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26th Nov, 2007 at 06:44:36pm

Cheers, was beggining to get quite worried!

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26th Nov, 2007 at 06:47:30pm

Seems a good pressure, nowt to worry about

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26th Nov, 2007 at 06:50:14pm

sounds good

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26th Nov, 2007 at 07:11:11pm

Sounds OK to me, the important thing is that it maintains a good pressure at warm idle.

If you wanted to, you can remove the oil relief valve spring and place a small packer behind it, then replace it. This puts more preload on the spring, this will raise the oil pressure. Don't go mad though, too high and you are wasting power and heating the oil up unnecessarily.

Edited by Tom Fenton on 26th Nov, 2007.


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matt101

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26th Nov, 2007 at 07:22:24pm

Cheers thanks for the help. Think il leave it how it is for now, just wanted to double check it was ok
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