My oil pressure is what it should be while running, but it takes an
uncomfortable length of time to come up when started from cold. I
haven't timed this, yet, but my guess is three or four seconds, which
feels like a long time. I think that the oil filter is draining
itself between runs, and the lag is the filter filling up.
I'm thinking of putting on a spin-on adapter, and using a filter that
uses a valve to prevent the draining back, but for now...
I've thought about the canister filter's components, and while I
don't see how they could be put together improperly, I'd like to
check this assembly with you all. (At the risk of embarrassing
myself!)
If memory serves me; the bolt goes through the canister, with a thin
rubber washer between the two,
then the spring goes down inside the canister, a metal washer
followed by a fibre one, then the large indented piece with the
convex side up, filter is then pushed in against the spring pressure,
and the wole thing is offered up to the aluminum fitting and seated
on the recessed rubber seal...bolt tightened.
I like to do this on the bench with the whole unit unbolted from the
side of the engine, so that the mating up of the recessed seal can be
seen. I seem to remember that when I drove my car back before it's
long hibernation, I would find the filter full when I changed
it...when I changed it after this winter, there was some oil in it,
but it was nowhere near full.
So...am I doing something wrong?
Thanks
Stephen, BJ8
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