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1. low oil pressure (score: 1): Author: "Richard" <ramsmgb@cox.net>; Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:21:43 -0700; Hi Listers, I took the 260 mile drive to Las Cruces, New Mexico for the British Car Days event last weekend in my 72 MGB with overdrive. Traveling on I-10 at 3200 rpm, doing about 70 mph, my oil pres; /html/mgs/2004-04/msg00526.html (7,603 bytes)
2. Re: low oil pressure (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 10:05:35 -0700; IMHO, the Restore would not affect your oil pressure (and it is the one additive I've found to be beneficial!). However, you did not say what weight oil you put in your engine. Anything less than 20-; /html/mgs/2004-04/msg00528.html (8,470 bytes)
3. Re: low oil pressure (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 18:24:46 +0100; It's a little on the low side. Workshop Manual quotes between 15 and 25 for hot idle and between 50 and 80 running. Mine runs at 60 and normally idles at 40, although it will drop to 25 if stuck in t; /html/mgs/2004-04/msg00529.html (7,794 bytes)
4. Re: low oil pressure (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 10:31:59 -0700; That is low, if the reading is accurate (not a given), but not so significantly low to worry about as an emergency situation. You didn't say how many miles are on the car now. If it's up around 80-90; /html/mgs/2004-04/msg00530.html (8,403 bytes)
5. Re: low oil pressure (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 13:41:56 -0400; If the gauge is correct, which you might want to confirm with another gauge, and that you are using 20-50 oil, the pressure is low. Consider replacing the connecting rod big-end bearings, something; /html/mgs/2004-04/msg00534.html (8,347 bytes)
6. Re: low oil pressure (score: 1): Author: Timfboston@aol.com; Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:30:34 -0400; I was getting 75 running before I replaced the clutch in my 71MGB this winter. After I put everything back together I was having problems with the oil pressure reading. I'm pretty sure is was an elec; /html/mgs/2004-04/msg00536.html (7,586 bytes)
7. Re: low oil pressure (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:46:54 -0700; The electrical gauge in particular has a reputation for flakiness. The mechanical oil pressure gauge at least is consistently inaccurate <g>. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain Vi; /html/mgs/2004-04/msg00542.html (8,133 bytes)
8. Re: low oil pressure (score: 1): Author: "bernd" <bernd.vabeach@erols.com>; Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 20:03:58 -0400; Thought I chime in here too, since I'm oblivious of what else goes on with my MGB I do know however that I have pressure of 80 while running and 50 while idling, and I use 20W50 Castrol. Otherwise th; /html/mgs/2004-04/msg00548.html (8,557 bytes)
9. Re: low oil pressure (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 09:32:32 +0100; Dropping to less than zero, like the fuel gauge, does indicate an electrical problem, either loss of the 'stabilised' voltage to the gauge or more likely loss of the ground signal from the sender. *B; /html/mgs/2004-04/msg00563.html (7,726 bytes)
10. Low oil pressure (score: 1): Author: "Brad Pace" <britclas@ior.com>; Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 05:20:18 -0700; Hi all, Here is a query to mull over for a bit; what are some of the causes for the engine to have 65 psi oil pressure at start up, but after 10 miles of driving it is down to 20 psi at highway speed; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00290.html (7,780 bytes)
11. Re: Low oil pressure (score: 1): Author: "Brad Pace" <britclas@ior.com>; Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 08:53:06 -0700; You know we are on the same wave length as the old saying goes; " Great minds think alike". Just now finished changing oil and installed 20/50 Penz, ( My personal choice for many years). The oil that; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00297.html (9,318 bytes)
12. Low oil pressure (score: 1): Author: "Brad Pace" <britclas@ior.com>; Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 09:18:11 -0700; O/P a he undersize So; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00298.html (8,590 bytes)
13. Re: Low oil pressure (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 12:41:16 -0700; My college buddy had a '65 B with the same symptoms. He thought he had got a good deal on it until he'd been driving for 20 minutes (the dealer had wisely demo'd it cold). It actually was still runni; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00305.html (9,267 bytes)
14. Re: Low oil pressure (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 18:59:52 -0700; I can see how one would be able to replace the shell that is in the cap but how on earth would you R & R the cap that's in the block saddle with the crankshaft still in place? (SNIP); /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00315.html (7,313 bytes)
15. Re: Low oil pressure (score: 1): Author: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 09:30:25 -0500; There's a main bearing removal tool that fits into the oil passage of the main journal, has a head on it a bit thinner than the thickness of the bearing shell. You put the tool in the oil passage, ro; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00332.html (7,137 bytes)
16. Re: Low oil pressure (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 08:41:20 -0700; Well, I said I "think" since I thought I had seen it discussed on the list. But perhaps that was rod bearings that were being discussed. But now that I think about it, I seem to recall someone tellin; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00338.html (8,190 bytes)
17. Low Oil Pressure (score: 1): Author: "William L. Singleton" <singleton@ccsu.edu>; Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 12:29:41 -0600 (MDT); Last weekm the oil line to the pressure sensor gave up the ghost on my '77B and began leaking oil all over the place (It is really amazing how much of a mess a little oil can make!) At the same time; /html/mgs/1998-08/msg01782.html (6,940 bytes)

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