what should my oil pressure be at for 2000 corvette?

Asked by tinyredbird Oct 26, 2007 at 12:02 PM about the 2000 Chevrolet Corvette

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My car is about to turn 70,000 miles.  What should my oil pressure be at?  I think it just jumped to 130.

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littlehorn answered 16 years ago

That sounds really high. Typically oil pressures seem to range from about 40 at idle to about 80-90 at high RPM/under load. Have this checked out. Might be as simple as your oil pressure sending unit is shot.

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papa answered 16 years ago

also factory guages are right most of the time

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