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Ideal oil presure in older skier


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martinarcher

You'll see something around 10 with the engine warm at idle and probably 30-55 running at 2k RPMs. The Merc manual states 4psi as the minimum safe oil pressure at idle. :thumbup:

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10 psi per 1000 rpm. Merc recommends a lot of things to cover their butts on warranty claims. I would never want my oil pressure to drop to 4

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You'll see something around 10 with the engine warm at idle and probably 30-55 running at 2k RPMs. The Merc manual states 4psi as the minimum safe oil pressure at idle.

Thx . I'm running about 70psi at 3400rpm I will check again tonight .

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Thx . I'm running about 70psi at 3400rpm I will check again tonight .

you are fine. It may drop to less after its warm, and you back off after pulling, but as long as it comes back up to the 10 per 1000 minimum, its good to go

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you are fine. It may drop to less after its warm, and you back off after pulling, but as long as it comes back up to the 10 per 1000 minimum, its good to go

It did drop a little as it warmed up was out last night .

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