Oil pressure problem :(

[EPnick22]

done around 100 miles on my engine so far since the rebuild, had timing set up so its safe to hit small amounts of boost to help break it in, boosted today on way to work and my oil pressure light came on, then when i pulled up, it turned off, was only on for around 10 seconds. unplugged the plug that sits on the oil pressure switch and started the car and the light didnt come on? faulty oil press switch? slight oil leak through the oil return too (td04) sorting that tomorrow

[AdamB]

Did you check the oil level?

Was It when you was boosting the light came on? Sometimes the switch's are temperamental, would be my first port of call providing there's sufficient oil in it lol.

[EPnick22]

oil was around 2/3s, it was on the 3/4 mark when i filled it but obviously where my turbo oil return is leaking then its lost a bit, would i lose much pressure through that?

[AdamB]

Not really as its a return pipe, if it was a feed pipe where the pressure is higher you would, but obviously the less oil there is in the sump, the less pressure there's going to be as well.

I would get the return pipe sorted asap though.

[EPnick22]

cheers mate, Im calling Camskill tomorrow to see if they have the switches in stock ready to ship theyre only £6 so may aswell replace that too

[Idrees]

The switch would be my first port of call too.

We've got them in stock if you need one

[EPnick22]

yeah? how much dude posted?

[Idrees]

PM

[EPnick22]

whats a decent figure for the oil pressure to be at? if i was to get a gauge i need something to go by

[AdamB]

The manual recommends 1 bar every 1000rpm. However that's a bit low for my liking, at cold idle I would like to see about 5 bar, warm idle will be around 1.5-2 bar.