What weight oil are you running and what is the (weather) temperature?
10W30 will give a different reading than 20W 50
Valerie Stabenow, 62 MGA MkII, 67 TR4a, 69 XK-E FHC, 73 TR-6, 81 Corvette
Coupe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Leask" <pleask@shaw.ca>
To: <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 9:49 PM
Subject: Oil Pressure
> I'm trying to decide if I need a new oil pump or not, can you please help
me ?
>
> I'm told it is "normal" for a TR6 to fire up and run 90 PSI oil pressure,
then when it warms up to drop.
>
> I'm running a TR6 drive train in my TVR 2500M, when it fires up it is
running 90 PSI, when warm at 2000 RPM it is about 45, and at idle is 25.
>
> MOSS do not show a rebuild kit for the oil pump, is there no kit available
which means a new one ?
>
>
> Thoughts ?
> Thanks, Pat
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