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Re: Slow Oil Pressure

To: "John M. Trindle" <jtrindle@tsquare.com>
Subject: Re: Slow Oil Pressure
From: G P J Collingwood <G.P.J.Collingwood@durham.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 16:50:11 +0000 (GMT)
On Tue, 14 Mar 1995, John M. Trindle wrote:
> I have the exact same problem with my B... 30 seconds or so before oil 
> pressure starts moving up when cold.  I just finished a rebuild.
> 
> My theories so far are 1) You need a valve in the oil filter to prevent 
> all the oil from draining back when sitting overnight... in other words, 
> it takes time to fill the filter and lines before you see oil pressure.  
> 2) there may be some air in the oil sensor line from the rebuild.  

It doesn't matter whether there is air in the line or not, since it is a 
pressure that is being transmitted to the gauge, my mini always has air 
in the gauge, but comes on straight away.

Giles

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