996 Turbo S Oil Pressure Blips

[DougD]

I'm the proud owner of a '05 Turbo S Cab. I have 2k miles on the car and have noticed a disturbing anomaly with my oil pressure gauge. Between 2 and 3 thousand RPM's the pressure will drop from approximately 4 to 3 bar. The spike is sudden almost as if the oil pickup has starved for an instant. As soon as you bring the rev's above 3k the pressure pins at 5 bar and stays there. The oil level has been 1 qt low to full when this happens.I'd like to find our if anyone has notice this potential problem. Thanks for any input

[t urbo]

I'm the proud owner of a '05 Turbo S Cab. I have 2k miles on the car and have noticed a disturbing anomaly with my oil pressure gauge. Between 2 and 3 thousand RPM's the pressure will drop from approximately 4 to 3 bar. The spike is sudden almost as if the oil pickup has starved for an instant. As soon as you bring the rev's above 3k the pressure pins at 5 bar and stays there. The oil level has been 1 qt low to full when this happens.I'd like to find our if anyone has  notice this potential problem. Thanks for any input

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Doug,

I Have the X50 04 model year and it does exactly the same. I also had an 03 tt and that also did it!

Guessed it was the norm.

[ar38070]

It may have something to due with the variocam plus. As the tappets switch over there may be a blip in the oil pressure.

[jasonc]

I'm the proud owner of a '05 Turbo S Cab. I have 2k miles on the car and have noticed a disturbing anomaly with my oil pressure gauge. Between 2 and 3 thousand RPM's the pressure will drop from approximately 4 to 3 bar. The spike is sudden almost as if the oil pickup has starved for an instant. As soon as you bring the rev's above 3k the pressure pins at 5 bar and stays there. The oil level has been 1 qt low to full when this happens.I'd like to find our if anyone has  notice this potential problem. Thanks for any input

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I think the manual is pretty clear on this. Oil pressure gauge moves with revs broadly speaking.