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Subject:Re: Oil Pressure
From:Frank Terhaar-Yonkers
Date:Wed, 13 May 1998 06:58:44 -0400

This morning it was about 60.  I'm running Castrol Syntec blend 20w50
and it's been 800 miles since the last change.  The engine is a factory
rebuilt with ~50k miles on it.

Cold:
idle    60
2500    75

Hot (at the end of my 15mi commute):
idle    <10
2000    25
2500    30
3000    40
3500    50

 >Subject:      Oil Pressure
 >To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
 >
 >Hi Volks,
 >
 >For those of you that have the wet type oil pressure gauges, what kind of
 >pressures are you seeing using 20W50 in 70F temps?
 >

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Frank Terhaar-Yonkers
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Cat3900 Software Team
7025 Kit Creek Road  PO Box 14987
Research Triangle Park,  North Carolina  27709
fty@cisco.com   voice (919)472-2101   FAX (919)472-2940

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