> steve sage wrote:
> snip
> than normal (still OK at slightly below 40lbs) but when the
> > RPMS go up, oil pressure reads ALL the way to the right at 90 lbs!!!!!
> > This of course makes me very nervous. I drove home slowly, to keep the
> > reading down, but am totally at a loss to figure out what's going on.
> > Could I have a clogged oil filter? Oil guage gone bad? Engine about to
> > blow me and the car to smithereens? Any ideas out there?
>
> Steve,
>
> My first thought is that you have a stuck oil pressure relief valve.
> This is located at the oil filter location. It looks a little bit like
> a hex headed bolt on the side of the assembly that the oil filter is
> attached to. It faces the radiator. Internall this is a spring loaded
> relief valve which opens if the oil pressure gets too high. If it is
> stuck in the closed position it might account for the symptoms you
> described.
>
> You might want to:
> 1. Start the engine and confirm that you still have abnormaly high
> pressure at high rpm.
>
> 2. Remove this valve and clean/examine.
>
> 3. Replace the valve, start the engine and see if this fixes the
> problem.
>
> Goog luck.
>
> -Roger
Roger:
What's the technique for removing the valve to check it out and what should
I look for? I'll try this on Sunday.
Steve Sage
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