Notice the two LONG lines on the gauge? bottom is typical for idle. Top is typical for highway speed.

Its next to impossible to get it "too high."

-SP

 

If it isnt flickinger red on the dash, and it increases with RPMs, you are probably good.

Hell its an SOHC, you could run that thing with no oil and youd still be good.

 

If it isnt flickinger red on the dash, and it increases with RPMs, you are probably good.

Hell its an SOHC, you could run that thing with no oil and youd still be good.

:stupid:

 

The long dash mark on the gauge it should be there when at idol if it's lower than that then add oil till it reads at the half way mark at idol speed. An remember these cars need the proper lubrication so don't use cheap oil get the good stuff like royal purple. I use brad Penn grade number 1 green racing oil with a lucas oil synthetic stableizer.

 

At idle, my oil gauge falls one small bar below the first long dash. and at cruising speed, it red 2 bars below the second long dash. I should add more oil?

 

Well I just go by what the manual says about oil indacator and I never Use crappy oil. An also iv alwase had my oil pressure at the half way long dash mark when at idol an haven't had any prob yet but maby I'm doing it wrong.

 

Well I alwase make sure the oil I's at that mark haven't had any prob with it at all

 

Let me understand this correctly: You, instead of checking the dipstick, use the STOCK - garbage - oil pressure gauge and the spot it's at on the tick marks to indicate whether or not you need more oil?

My stock gauge on my VR4 sits at about the second tick from the bottom when hot... if I followed your technique, I would probably fill the oil up to the filler cap before it hit the middle of the gauge.

 

You guys are goofy!

-SP

 

Have you ever seen what Lucas oil stabilizer does to oil? It makes the oil FOAM like a motherfucker.. and guess what? Aerated foamy oil does not lubricate. this is also why its very BAD to overfill your engine with oil.