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just a quick question. how much oil pressure do get when driving. on idol i get about just under the 2 mark on the stock gauge. and when i'm under it it goes upto just under the 4 mark. is this bad or normal. i'm running castrol 25 - 50 i think can't remember.

that oil is very thick for a skyline!! should be running fully synthetic 5-40 or similar

25 - 50 is thicker that what i ran in my old torana...

your pressure is slightly higher than what i was getting on helix 0 - 40. atm i'm getting a max of 2 on the gauge with penzoil so i'm gonna change back to helix.

from what i have seen in the forums most gauges dont seem to get much over 1/2 way.

When i first got the car i was running helix and a ryco filter and only getting around 2. Spent the money on motul 10-40 and a sard filter and now get at least 4 all the time. Find higher pressure gives much better all round response. Anybody suggest something even better?

Hey all,

I run a Ryco filter with Shell Helix Ultra 5W-40 in my R32 'line and I find my oil pressure sits around 4 just about all the time.....When I first start the car it sits on 2 or so but the sender seems to be very slow to update (typical R32 skyline oil pressure sender!!) as sometimes it takes a while to rise to 4 after idling.

mine sits on around 6 in the morning, after warm up it will sits around 4, when going really hard it will up to 6 again.... pretty good and smooth driving...using motul 15w50. Is that normal? But at least i could tell is, i cannot see any problem and the car running alright!

cheers

steven

but your a 25:P

dont use helix ultra

its shit and makes ya pressures go like crap

use nissan oil filters and nissan oil

it seems the best for me so far

and cheapest

nissan make good cars

good motors

why would they sacrifice on shit oil ?

they wouldnt :)

ScarifieR, I read just recently on SAU that the Nissan oil is just some mineral based stuff they resell, so why would it be better then a fully synthetic oil like Shell Helix Ultra?

I'd say my 'lines oil pressure wierdness has more to do with a dodgy oil pressure sender then anything else.

nissans oil is a 50/50 mix

for rb's its good cause the blocks iron/alloy

use fully synth on sr's n stuff

i just found it to be the over all best

that helix was junk

went in and the pressures went low

and when i dumped it , it was all like detergent and bubbly once it hit the pan

there is penzoil in my car atm & i'm goin to drain it & go for something else as oil pressure it gave was less then helix, sometimes almost hitting the 0 stopper!

also, since the penzoil has been in i have a ticking lifter for around minute at start up.

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