Stan;
        That sounds great to me! Ten psi per thousand RPM is acceptable
so you are way over. Did you check it hot or cold?

Good Luck and Drive Safely
Ken Lewis
86 Crewcab,60 356
http://Neksiwel.20m.com/

On Mon, 28 May 2001 23:32:30 -0500 Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM> writes:
> So just to satisify my curiosity I adapted my compression tester
> with a
> few brass fittings to check my oil pressure and I see that I'm
> idling at
> 850 RPM and about 18 PSI, at 3000 RPM i'm getting 55-65 PSI. These
> figures are free-running and not under load conditions.
>
> Are these figures somewhat in the proper range?
>
> Stan Wilder 83 Westfalia Air Cooled