Questions about Mondial 3.2 oil, and oil pressure?

1. Right on the middle of the gauge, 85 psi.
2. Probably too much oil. When/how are you checking the oil level? Should be done a few minutes after shutdown, the tech probably checked it too soon and added more before the oil could drain back to the sump.
3. No way I am getting into that discussion, lol!
Alden

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What he said. I would 'adjust' the oil. Congrats on the purchase.


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And read the manual.

 

Varies with RPM. At warm idle, and 10W40, I wouldn't be concerned if it was 40~30~or even 20 psi if it increased to a reasonable value at mid-higher RPM. Would typically be ~85 psi at mid-RPM, and above, as Alden indicated (your OM will have a drop dead spec -- something like 64 psi minimum at 5K RPM IIRC)

Calibrate us -- the distance between the MIN and MAX marks is about 2qts/2L. If 1" above is 1 qt overfull, I wouldn't worry about it too much -- many times on the wet sumps the racers add an extra qt to help prevent corner oil starvation. If 1" above = 2 qts, maybe more important to reduce the level.

Depends on your usage temperature/time-in-cold exposure. If you plan on leaving the car out overnight in winter and starting-up on a cold morning = you've got to go thinner on the low end. If during the winter, the coldest cold start-up might be in a garage at 40 deg F = 10W40 seems OKish.

JMOs.

 

If I recall, the oil pressure is always left of centre at idle when the car has warmed up and increases when the rpms increase...but it has been half a year since I last drove mine and with the weather we're having, it might be a while for me to double check When you look at some youtube videos of interior footage, you can see the same thing.

 

Google checking oil level on 328 and it will pop up several f chat threads for quick reading if you don't have a manul yet.
If you are checking on a dead cold engine it will show we'll above max on the stick. If its a wet sump 3.2 the manual says check 15 minutes after (full warm) shutdown.
On my ex 2v 308 which had a flat dipstick after an oil change with the spec'd amount added I made a mark on the stick and always checked it cold. IMO that procedure had the least amount of variables. This method usually gets poo poo'd when I bring it up, but worked for me for the 15 years I had the car.