Larry A Hoy wrote:
> Scott, your oil pressure should be 70-75 lbs. If you had a new pump and
> you are only getting 55 lbs pressure there is (was) a problem. I would
> suspect the crank was bad and damaged the bearings or the bearings were
> set too "loose". I don't think that 55lbs works.
>
> My car has about 75 lbs at speed (any speed) and 55 lbs pressure at idle.
> I have a stock oil pump and the standard relief spring. 12,000 miles on
> rebuild. Castrol 20-50, and any kind of oil filter as long as it isn' t
> Fram.
>
> Larry Hoy (MGB.Roadster@juno.com)
> Denver, CO USA
> 1969 MGB Roadster
> 1987 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas
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> On Sun, 12 Oct 1997 23:29:04 +0000 "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>
> writes:
>
> >Tyson,
> > Thanks for the kind words. Mine was revving about 4250 when the
>
> >problem started.
> > One other thing I've been thinking. With the heavy-duty oil
> pump
> >and uprated relief spring, I was kind of expecting to have higher
> >than 55 psi on the highway. I wonder if it's possible that something
> >was missed during the rebuild, and the high-flow pump was the only
> >thing that kept the pressure from being abysmal up till now.
> >Scott
> >
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