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Subject:Re: oil pressure readings
Date:Thu, 6 Jun 1996 11:22:56 -0500
>Engine Cold:
>50psi @ idle
>70psi @ 3000 rpm
>
>Engine Warm (oil temp 210F):
>15psi @ idle
>45psi @ 3000 rpm

>-Mark McCulley

Hey Mark,
     I have about the same readings on my '86.  I am using Tropartic 20W50
in the summer.  The engine has over 160,000 miles on it.  I would consider
these readings to be in the correct range, IMHO.:-)
Colin A Moran

If you can't dazzle them with brilliance,
baffle them with bull sh*t.

 '86 Syncro GL