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Originally Posted by vorsprung durch technik
Yep that's normal for the pressure to be lower in extreme hot weather as the oil gets less viscous and thinner the hotter it gets.
As for Bruce and his 3bar .. .. .. that's excellent for his area "Sitting at the bottom of the dark puddle"  but if he lived down here (south with the mediterranean temps) his 3 bar would dissapere rapidly with the extra heat.
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Shes had a filter and a fresh filling of oil yesterday. Oil was quite dirty actually.
Do you know what sort of Oil Pressure you would expect to be normal for hot idle? I tested it today, pulled up from hot and true to form the pressure dropped to exactly 1 bar and on comes the light, I hung a few RPM on it and bought the pressure up to just above 1 bar and out goes the light. This suggests to me that the warning lights are set to come on at 1 bar. The water temp is running at 3/4 of the way up the gauge and normally Coupes I have had in the past have sat at half way so unsurprisingly for the weather we have had it is running hot I would say.
Basically what I am looking for someone to say is- dont worry its just the hot weather, your engine is not going to blow up lol. I can go back to sleeping at night then!
Sound wise I have never heard such a quiet, smooth Coupe, not even the slightest knock or rattle from the engine hot or cold so hopefully all is ok.