Oil pressure update
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Oil pressure update
I drove over to my friends shop last night and the machanical gauge confirmed the oil pressure was fine. 
I changed the oil with Royal purple 10/40 and it brought it down about 8 psi. Running down the road I have 60 psi and 38 @ idle. What a deal!!!!
I got to drive her on my first twisty country road on the way to the shop. WHAT A BLAST!
Walker
I changed the oil with Royal purple 10/40 and it brought it down about 8 psi. Running down the road I have 60 psi and 38 @ idle. What a deal!!!!I got to drive her on my first twisty country road on the way to the shop. WHAT A BLAST!
Walker
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I thought you were fine-but it's always comforting to know for certain.As a side note; I just read some of the latter responses to "high Pressure " , some of us old timmers can remember when we had to do the stiffer spring thing ourselves-and that is the basic issue between a stock pump and a high pressure pump. You can't increase volumn with the stock pump-but you can increase pressure-as the saying goes "the proof is in the pudding" -not to start any kind of flame-but messing with motors for-lets see, 48+ years I've done the oil pump thing several times with the same out come-higher oil pump pressure. Now there does come a time when bearings become so shot it won't really do a thing-but on an engine with good bearings-it does.
BTW-my father was a Hydraulics engineer.
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Originally Posted by WalkerH
I drove over to my friends shop last night and the machanical gauge confirmed the oil pressure was fine. I changed the oil with Royal purple 10/40 and it brought it down about 8 psi. Running down the road I have 60 psi and 38 @ idle. What a deal!!!!
I got to drive her on my first twisty country road on the way to the shop. WHAT A BLAST!
Walker
I changed the oil with Royal purple 10/40 and it brought it down about 8 psi. Running down the road I have 60 psi and 38 @ idle. What a deal!!!!I got to drive her on my first twisty country road on the way to the shop. WHAT A BLAST!
Walker
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From: SCMR Rat Pack'r Charter Member..Great Bend KS
Since motor oil is a non-compressible, the small diameter oil lines will not affect your pressures or changes in pressure. That's the beauty of hydraulics.
Small diameter lines WILL affect flow, but there is no flow in an oil pressure gauge line.
Larry
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Small diameter lines WILL affect flow, but there is no flow in an oil pressure gauge line.
Larry
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Originally Posted by rocco16
Since motor oil is a non-compressible, the small diameter oil lines will not affect your pressures or changes in pressure. That's the beauty of hydraulics.
Small diameter lines WILL affect flow, but there is no flow in an oil pressure gauge line.
Larry
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Small diameter lines WILL affect flow, but there is no flow in an oil pressure gauge line.
Larry
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Most of the madeup braided lines have a larger id hole also.
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Originally Posted by rick lambert
I've done the oil pump thing several times with the same out come-higher oil pump pressure. Now there does come a time when bearings become so shot it won't really do a thing-but on an engine with good bearings-it does.
Originally Posted by rick lambert
BTW-my father was a Hydraulics engineer.
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first time I think I've caught a sense of humor from you CFI-EFI,getting tutored on basic hydraulics is not close to heart surgery
and absolutely no way you'd get a chance at my heart-wrench? try a c clamp and a exacto kinife lol. Have a great Christmas and "Race on"
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Originally Posted by rick lambert
first time I think I've caught a sense of humor from you CFI-EFI,
Originally Posted by rick lambert
getting tutored on basic hydraulics is not close to heart surgery
RACE ON!!!
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Originally Posted by dogbon
It's a scary thought to have CFI and SKI doing heart surgery. You would have a unit that beat at 250BPM and pumping 750 GPH !!!
Told ya the oil was too thick and with the right oil it would be around 60 enjoy the ride.
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Originally Posted by dogbon
It's a scary thought to have CFI and SKI doing heart surgery. You would have a unit that beat at 250BPM and pumping 750 GPH !!!
It would be a 60/min, with 1000 gal/hr At 90yrs old you would still be running 4.2sec 40 yard dashes. 
