Oil pressure problems...

[ralexander03@snet.net (Rick Alexander)]

What makes you sure that the gauge is right? Find some other way to measure
the pressure and confirm your low pressure. If you find that it is indeed
low, it might be the bypass, but it might be sloppy bearings or it might be
a missing wrist pin squirter. Your oil weight choice is contributing but
that should not be all of it. Does this have an external cooler? If so where
did you put it? I might be able to come up with more suggestions but I
deleted the original post last night and it got clipped from this message.

Rick Alexander
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----- Original Message -----
From: <joshhignight@techography.net>
To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 11:52 PM
Subject: RE: Re: Oil pressure problems...


> Oil weight 10-40 Castrol, engine (short-block) has roughly 15 miles on it
now (speedo not hooked up).
>
> I am using MANN oil filters.
>
> Oil pressure got really low today during it's first drive, revving only
produces 3BAR at most (4K is the highest it's revved due to break-in). I
need to fix this ASAP, as I'm not ruining my new engine w/ low oil pressure,
but I need my car back.
>
> Thanks again for the help.
> Joshua
>
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> Original Message -----------------------
> joshhignight@techography.net wrote:
> >
> >    My new engine is having the same oil pressure problems my old one was
having.
> >
> > This enigne has a new oil pump, but I used my oild filter flange.
> >
> > I get roughly 4-5 BAR at startup (cold), and 0-0.5 at warm idle. Warm
revving produces typical pressures though.
> >
> > I know there's a pressure relief valve int he system, but where is it?
Is it in the oil filter flange? If so, anyone have a working filter flange I
could have to replace my bad one?
> >
> > Thanks for any ideas.
> >
>
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> Add what weight oil your using and how many miles are on the motor.
>
> TBerk
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