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where to tap for oil pressure

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jhonda

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On my 91 lx 5.0 where do I tap to put a aftermarket oil pressure gauge? Also what oil pressure should I run at idle and say 3000rpms?
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Jason
 

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I seen guys "T" off the stock sending unit elbow to use both the stock and aftermarket gauges, or you could get rid of the stock sending unit all together.
 
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86bluecobra

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Thats what I did. Installed a T. Now my Ford Racing and factory gauge work.
 
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86bluecobra

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As far as actual pressure thats different on cars and depending what pump you have. Mine is 40 psi at idle when its hot. 57psi at operating temp when driving. I believe I'm close to 70psi cold.
 

RYC CUKR

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Mine is set up like LiquidGT suggests. I dislike having dead gauges in the dash.

As far as pressure mine runs about 50 at cold idle and 30-35 at hot idle. When I am driving it is usually around 60-70 PSI when hot. But the minimum that I would like to see is 20 psi at hot idle and then at least a 10 psi increase from there for each 1k rpm increase. So at idle 20 psi, 1700rpm 30 psi, 2700 rpm 40 psi and so and so forth.
 
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