Thread: Low oil Pressure

been driving a while, and noticed that my car idles at just under 12.5psi (that's the line I have on my autometer gauge)

I thought standard de's are supposed to be above 15psi at idle, no?
Kinda stressing me out a bit.

Spec on a '98 SR is More than 11 psi at idle ... 46-57 psi at 3200 rpm ...

That's pretty consistent with what I've seen as well.

ok cool. That makes me feel better thanks guys

Also as your oil getting older the psi will drop at idle. I also stopped using autometer gauges because I found that the sending units suck.

it's off a fresh oil change - viscosity shoudln't be an issue I woudln't think.

My DE+T would idle around 20~25psi, and under load around 50psi... Lowport 98 SR20DE.

Cold start in the morning would yield around 65psi.

You were using a DET block and oil pump though, right Tek? DETs and VEs got better pumps. I usually get 13-15 after driving for 20-30 minutes.

No sir. This was the T25 setup before the current motor. DE block tapped for turbo, with an Avenir T25.

my jdm high port has always been around 12-15psi warmed up at idle. I do have ur pullies on the motor.