Pressure sounds fine. Are you using the plastic tubing that comes with most
oil press kits? If you are, you should switch to copper tubing, its much
stronger. Slip some vacuum tubing over the line anywhere it could rub on
something.
MikeC
>
>Just added a mechanical oil pressure gauge to my smokin' Spit (smoke out of
>the exhaust, that is...) and may still have air in the line if that would
>affect my reading.
>
>I installed a "t" connector allowing use of the idiot light (which
functions
>during cranking, so I know the install is good) and the oil line to the
>mechanical gauge. Just to be safe I also got a plug for the "T" connector
in
>case I need to disconnect the internal line... I have heard horror stories
>about leaks.
>
>Pressure warm (~170 degrees F) is about 40 at idle, to 60 with revs. From
>other numbers I've heard, this seems low. I'm running new Castrol 20-50
with
>no additives. Should I be worried? Just look for a change for the worse?
Run
>a different wieght of oil?
>
>Thanks in advance...
>
>Gregory W. Smith
>1980 Spit
>www.cvn.net/~gsmith
>
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