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On 3 Mar 2001, at 19:35, Barry Viss wrote: > I got in the mood to do some pressure testing the other day and I found that > my fuel pressure was about 35 PSI assuming my gage was correct. It WAS an > old air gage but pressure is pressure (right? please say yes...) Anyway, I > lowered that to about 29 PSI. The oil pressure was about 17 PSI at idle, > and went to about 40 at higher speed. Are these good for oil pressure? I > can't find it in my Bentley. Yes, pressure is pressure. You need to be pretty sure of the accuracy of your gauge. Your oil pressures sound pretty normal for a cold engine. > On a short test run with the lower fuel pressure it did seem to respond > better, but it could be just pshcological, I'll have to see what kind of gas > mileage I get. What kind of gas mileage were you getting before? Is your engine stock? - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org