So Mike;
What kinda oil filter are you using? A Fram? I had this same phenomena,
until I switched.
Andy Proudfoot 77B
-----Original Message-----
From: MIKE NADEAU <NADE18@prodigy.net>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, August 01, 1999 10:44 PM
Subject: OIL PRESSURE
>Hey everyone, when I start my B it seems to take a couple of seconds for
the
>oil pressure to come up. In the meantime the engine is making all kinds of
>noise until it does.(mostly when the choke is on 1500 rpm) Once it is I
>have 55 at idle and 70 at highway speed. It has an oil cooler and I changed
>it to the spin on filter (GFE-121) I was just looking though John Twist's
>Q&A archive and he didn't exactly seem to sure if oil coolers help all that
>much. Maybe someone changed his mind since he wrote it, not sure when. But
>it does add alot of places to fill up before the pressure comes up. Should
>I just take the cooler out or do I have to live with it. Maybe I have a
>problem with the pump. Anyone got any ideas? I'm running QS 20w50 syn.
>blend.
>
>Mike
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