Re: oil pressure

[AlpineDriver@aol.com]

In a message dated 06/01/2000 6:29:02 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
brian_steel@telus.net writes:

<< what are the specs for oil pressure at idle? >>

I checked the archives    
http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=sunbeamalpine
since I recall this discussion from before.   I typed in:   oil and pressure 
and volume

The search comes up with an exchange about the role of volume as a means of 
cooling bearings etc etc with the suggestion that high pressure caused by too 
thick oil or tight clearances (i.e. low volume) is not necessarily a good 
thing.   Naturally there was some healthy disagreement about certain points.

It seems to my nontechnical mind that if your oil pressure is very high 
because volume is very low you have not really done yourself a favor.

Rob Carpenter
(over my head in this topic)