Of course you're right, Barney. I was thinking of puttering around town,
etc.
on 5/2/01 1:29 PM, Barney Gaylord at barneymg@ntsource.com wrote:
> At 10:11 AM 5/2/2001 -0700, Max Heim wrote:
>> ....
>> I suspect it really isn't that critical for the oil pressure gauge to have
> instantaneous response in these cars, anyway. I have to admit I once drove
> my car a 1/2 mile with no oil in the sump before I noticed the gauge
> bottomed out, with no apparent ill effects ....
>
> Well I'll tell you, when the oil pressure fails I want to know about it
> IMMEDIATELY. While it is possible to drive a short time at moderate speed
> and light throttle with virtually no oil pressure, the same cannot be said
> for top end power. I have learned the hard way (more than once) that when
> oil pressure fails at around 7000 rpm and full throttle it only takes 3 or
> 4 seconds for disaster to set in.
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
///
/// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list
/// (If they are dupes, this trailer may also catch them.)
|