Thread: Where does your Diesel's oil pressure sit at idle?
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Old 11-02-2004, 12:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Ara T.
My 85 300D (194k) idles 2 bar. Is this a problem? Actually 3 bar after just starting the engine, then goes down to 2 bar eventually.
No problem at all.

My idle oil pressure is about 1.5 bar (at hot idle; cold idle jumps straight up to 3).

IIRC, anything below 1 bar is something to be concerned about...
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