[Spridgets] low oil pressure happens to the pressure them.

[soavero at yahoo.com]

Leo,
Don't trust drained oil. I've annihilated bearings on the track and NOT seen
it in the oil or filter until you drop the pan (then it's REAL obvious!). I
just did a bearing refresh Wednesday night, it only takes half hour or so with
a cordless drill/nutdriver to drop the pan with everything in place and take a
look (pull the plugs so you can turn the motor easier!). It will likely be rod
bearing #4 that's bad. You'll have to remove the oil pickup screen to check
#4, easy to do. You might even find it is just the fitting is loose on the
pickup tube (15/16" wrench on 1275, anyway), especially if Will Perry at
Rivergate had anything to do with assembling it.

Also, the temp issue certainly didn't help.

Good luck,
Ron

--- On Fri, 5/22/09, cathey speichinger <cathe125 at suddenlink.net> wrote:

> From: cathey speichinger <cathe125 at suddenlink.net>
> Subject: [Spridgets] low oil pressurehappens to the pressure them.
> To: "'Spridgets'" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
> Date: Friday, May 22, 2009, 4:37 PM
> One more question for the road. 
> Iris has never had high oil pressure (10
> idling, 35 - 40 running down the road but today the oil
> pressure dropped to
> around 4 or 5 lbs idling and around 30 running down the
> road,  No tapping
> noise or anything other strange.  Should I examine the
> bypass spring or ????
> OR is this somewhow related to the temp issue>  Am
> going to change the oil
> and filter and see what
>
>
> Leo