Is the 40 psi at idle or at speed? If at idle then it's great. If at speed
then it's still pretty good.
Larry Miller
----- Original Message -----
From "Rich Hill" <richard.hill at sri.com>
To: "spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 8:12 AM
Subject: Oil pressure relief spring/ball
> One of the things I want to replace on the 948 is the oil pressure relief
> spring and plunger -- not that I expect it to do much good, but it's so
easy
> to do it's worth trying (my warm oil pressure is down around 40 psi, so
> something will probably need to be done soon).
>
> Anyway, at Minimania on Saturday I picked up a spring and ball which they
> seem to prefer to the plunger. Does anyone have any experiences or
> recommendations with regards to the ball vs. bullet shaped plunger?
> Apparently the ball is less prone to hanging up, but are there any
> advantages of the plunger? Is there any reason Austin used the plunger
> instead of a ball in the first place?
>
> Thanks,
> Rich Hill
> '60 AH Sprite
> '79 MG Midget
>
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