What's your oil pressure? (3.8)

[DominusEtDeusNatus]

Mine seems kinda low so I wanted to see what everyone else is getting.

Idle:30-40psi
Any throttle, rises quickly to 60-70psi.

[Red2K1]

Between 60-70 psi regardless of rpm.

[Dark Knight]

mine would stay between 30 and 40 at idle and about 50 - 60 under acceration until i installed an oil cooler and now it stays between 60 and 70 all the time

[pvtschultz]

When cold, like 60 something all the time. After some good driving, then it will drop down to 30-40. I wouldn't worry about it though, the 5.7 have 37 regardless of RPMs. They were nice to give this 6 some good pressure because I think that the knew that kids like us would be winding the **** out of them to find some power.

[Silent Majority]

2000, 3.8L with Mobil 1 10W 30 Synthetic:

approx. 60 lbs. at all times.


dave

[jrcamaro96]

60 at idle and 70 +/- 5 while driving

JR

[GrdLock]

I use 10W30 Castrol tri-synthetic. My pressure stays slightly past 60 all the time.

[vtv6firebird]

25-30 at idle when warm, give it a little bit of gas, and goes straight up past 60 psi

[DominusEtDeusNatus]

Good to hear I'm not the only one with 30psi during idle. I though I had a problem. I'm using the regular Mobil 1 5W30 now. I did notice an increase in oil pressure when I switched from Castrol Synthetic to Mobil 1 Synthetic. Now I just use the regular dyno Mobil 1 since I change the oil so often and it was getting expensive.

[scottblack]

Same as the 2000 and higher guys, ~ 60 psi at all times, +/- 5 psi depending on throttle.

Scott