Hi gang,

Looking thru my repair manuel and can not find what the oil presure should be on a 279. I am runing about 38-40 lbs. Any clue??

Thanks,

JimG 1098

 

Most any engine needs 10 psi per thousand RPM. You should be good. Is the gauge known to be accurate?

 

Ross,

Thanks, nice piece of information. The gauge and sender are brand new, mechanical set up, My original gauge and sender would give fluctuating values. was not sure which was vad, so I replaced both

JimG 1098

 

I can't find the actual spec on it right now, although I do have it some where, but the PSI @ idle was as low as 5-10, and as much as 45 @ speed.

 

Many thanks. Its running and all systems are good.


Just have to work the body and get it back together

JimG 1098