The green area is simply the best mileage zone, nothing more. Remember, these were built in the '80s when the EPA mileage numbers were first on the sticker, and they were a selling feature.

FWIW, with my Subaru 2.2 and the 3.27 Freeway Flyer R&P 70 is about 4000 rpm, and very comfortable.  The engine breathes so much better that it never feels stressed at high rpms, and is quieter at speed. It has a red line of 6000 rpm, which I don't plan on hitting.

Also, oil pressure is 15 psi at idle, and 50+ at 70 mph at temp with the dino 10w40 oil I'm using for break in.

It's so much more fun to drive!

(Sorry, Friday bragging!)

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Palmer
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 9:57 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer

Goodness.  That’s out of the green, and into the ‘no colour zone’ if not into the red!  Never understood why there was an uncoloured area in between the two.
Jeff

> On Aug 31, 2017, at 11:55 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> Around 4650 at 85 mph.  The occasional accidental wander up to 90 would be 4900 and change.  I never tried for the official 96 mph top speed.
> 
> Yrs,
> d
> 
> On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 12:52 AM, Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@icloud.com <mailto:w.jeff.palmer@icloud.com>> wrote:
> But seriously didn’t you used to hit 85 on the freeway?  What kind of RPM were you reaching?
> Jeff