Hello??? William C. Mills
>Before you decide for certain that the pressure is gone, check out the oil
>sender and gauge. On my '70 BGT I thought my pressure was gone only to find
>out after an engine swap that the sender was faulty. You can pick up an
>inexpensive mechanical gauge at your local parts house with plastic tube. I
>unscrewed the sender from the oil line and with the proper adapter fitting
>hooked up the plastic tube which had a compression fitting. Surprise the
>oil pressure ther all along.
>
>Bill
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>At 01:57 PM 9/12/97 -1000, you wrote:
>>Aloha listers......
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>>My 1969 MGBGT has low or no oil pressure when the engine gets hot or at
>>normal temp.At start up the pressure is 55 psi and then as the car gets up
>>to normal temp. the pressure goes down til it hits 0 and then the needle
>>flickers sometimes.Is it the pressure relief valve or deeper inside the
>>engine? The engine is original and has about 135K or so on it.Any
>>suggestions on oil problem would be appreciated.
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>>Mahalo
>>
>>James
Reminds me of the time we had an 81 Champ that lost all oil pressure
acoording to the idiot light. Put on a gage from Peper Boys and had 90
lbs at start and 60 at warm run. Duh! musta been the sender for the idiot
light.
Larry Macy
78 Midget
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