It is important to know the true oil pressure of any engine, but especially true with high performance engines such as this KTM 950. Particularly given the extreme stresses many place on their beloved Katooms. The LC8 engine sometimes loses its water pump seal, resulting in water contaminating the oil, which causes the paper oil filter to swell closed. The result is gradual, but by the time the oil pressure "idiot light" indicates there is a problem, it is often too late to save the engine from undue wear or catastophic failure. An accurate oil pressure gauge will indicate the early tell-tale signs of an impending oil filter clogging. The problem can then be corrected in a timely and safe manner.

It is important to know the true oil pressure of any engine, but especially true with high performance engines such as this KTM 950. Particularly given the extreme stresses many place on their beloved Katooms. The LC8 engine sometimes loses its water pump seal, resulting in water contaminating the oil, which causes the paper oil filter to swell closed. The result is gradual, but by the time the oil pressure "idiot light" indicates there is a problem, it is often too late to save the engine from undue wear or catastophic failure. An accurate oil pressure gauge will indicate the early tell-tale signs of an impending oil filter clogging. The problem can then be corrected in a timely and safe manner.