Oil pressure at idle

[jdv69z]

You need to hook up an accurate gauge to see what it is actually running.

And the factory gauge is not....

Second that. If you want to see a quality gauge in action, go to Jerry M's website, http://z28camaro.com/. There's is a video near the bottom of him making a 1/4 mile pass in his 67 Z. The oil pressure gauge is pretty easy to watch in the video.

[67jeffreyt]

I agree on the idiot light, the factory gauge is a tad out of your line of sight

[Mike S]

I agree on the idiot light, the factory gauge is a tad out of your line of sight

  Plus, being on a angle to our line of site the reading unfortunately is with a parallax view.
But, I do agree that the factory gauge marks are 20 PSI per line as '67Jeff mentioned. I recently had an numeric oil gauge on my L35 prior to installing the console and at fast idle to driving it was 60 PSI (3 marks on factory gauge) and 45 PSI at idle (approximately 2 1/5 lines on the factory gauge).

Mike

[bcmiller]

You need to hook up an accurate gauge to see what it is actually running.

And the factory gauge is not....

Second that. If you want to see a quality gauge in action, go to Jerry M's website, http://z28camaro.com/. There's is a video near the bottom of him making a 1/4 mile pass in his 67 Z. The oil pressure gauge is pretty easy to watch in the video.

Pressure stays between 40 and 80, must not have had the thin oil in it.

[rich69rs]

Drove to Reno and back today for the Hot August Nights sponsored “Spring Fever Revival" show and shine in downtown Reno (roughly a 100 mile round trip).

Took the following pics of my console oil pressure gage - readings are typical for my 327:

1.   Driving - coolant temp just starting to come up.
2.   Coolant temp just got to normal - at idle
3.   Coolant temp normal - after driving about 40 miles @ 65 mph
4.   Coolant temp normal - idle after driving 40 mile

[firstgenaddict]

I would use a good high quality gauge for checking the engine and verifying the in car gauge.