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Re: Slow Oil Pressure

To: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Slow Oil Pressure
From: galen@wilmington.edu (Galen Work)
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 95 12:58:17 -0500
> My theories so far are 1) You need a valve in the oil filter to prevent 
> all the oil from draining back when sitting overnight... in other words, 
> it takes time to fill the filter and lines before you see oil pressure.  
> 2) there may be some air in the oil sensor line from the rebuild.  

I don't know anything about air in the lines, but the oil pressure sensor on
my '64 B goes up immediately just turning the engine over.  I don't remember
seeing, or reading about a valve of sorts on the filter.  Then again, it's
amazing my engine retains oil, let alone pressurizes it.

Galen


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