[Spridgets] oil pressure question

[Jon Paschke]

Are  you running 20-50 oil?        Did you replace your oil pump?


On 7/29/2012 6:14 PM, uniquelittlecars at yahoo.com wrote:
> My car has been loosing oil pressure if i drive at 70mph very long.
> At first i thought it may be the oil pressure release valve.
> But it seems to be working at lower speeds.
> It starts at 60lbs at start when cold.
> Then runs at 40lbs as long as i do not run over 50mph.
> What is a acceptable drop in oil pressure.
> Mine at 70 mph drops to just over 20 lbs.
> I am wondering what others have for oil pressure after rinning at these
> speeds.
> I am not running an oil cooler on the motor.
> My water temp is close to the N for normal on the gauge.
> The lower end was done in the last 1000 miles. New bearings.
> The crank was not warn and the bearing were in need of replacing but not
> gone.
> When the motor was put together the crank was not turned just new bearings.
> After the car cools down it runs at 40lbs again until i go high speed again.
> Is this common with a 1275cc motor?
> If not - any guesses on what is going on with the oil pressure.
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> Vigil
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