Engine warmish
Oil pressure at about 1/3
Rev engine quickly to 3-35000rpm (using WOT)
Oil pressure jumps up to past the 1/2 way mark then drops to 1/3 again
It looks like a laggy rev gauge
Is that normal, or did I break something?
Oil Pressure Gauge
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do you mean the oil pressure then goes up to 1/2 then back down? If so then yes, they are a laggy oil pressure gauge. They move the needle using a bimetal strip with a heater wrapped around it and have a time constant of 3-5 seconds or more (time to get to 90% of target), so the oil pressure probably rose to 3/4 but the needle didn't make it there.
Sounds fairly normal.
Sounds fairly normal.
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