fl5 oil pressure

[ctkiteboarding]

my fl5 has about 2200 hrs and runs strong, the oil pressure gauge upon start up reads strong but as the machine warms up maybe 20 mins of work the pressure drops abit still in the green but lower then id like to see if i keep the rpm's up it seems in a safe area but when i drop to idle its lower then id like :beatsme , machine seems to run strong, also after a full day of work its about 1/2 court down on oil the oil consumtion has always been like that ive owned it since 1996 its a 1989

 

[ctkiteboarding]

anyone have experience with the iveco 8045 engine and oil pressure issues?

 

[ianoz]

Try Another gauge, that shows PSI. . Ours had bad oil pressure by the gauge ,rebuilt the motor ,and it still showed the same lousy oil pressure . The fitter then put a real oil pressure gauge on it which then showed 30 PSI hot at an idle , where it hardly moved the needle on the original gauge . Ian .

 

[ctkiteboarding]

yes , i just got another gauge , the oem one is red then green, kinda vauge,,, it does work thou and reads much less pressure when hot at idle very very close to the red but well in the green upon start up

 

[daman]

Put a gauge that reads PSI and post back your numbers.

also what oil and filter are you running and how many hrs????

it's normal for pressures to drop off when at op temp

 

[ctkiteboarding]

15/40 oil, oem filter, motor has 2100hrs ill pull the stock gauge and ck with real numbers