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RE: Low Oil Pressure Help

To: Mark Hooper <mhooper@digiscreen.ca>
Subject: RE: Low Oil Pressure Help
From: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 07:14:11 -0400 (EDT)
On Tue, 26 Apr 2005, Mark Hooper wrote:

> I have heard on a feww occasions where the set screw has come out in the 
>valve train. That;s the screw holding the rocker shaft in place on the 
>rearmost pedestal. If it comes loose, there is a 1/8" hole exposed in the oil 
>flow. That has a fair impact on idle pressure I believe, but problably not too 
>much at higher RPMs.  
> 
> Mark

Right - good point. Loosing that screw is similar to losing clearance at
the cam - the oil feed is directly off the rear main bearing .

rml
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