Okay Time for everyone to Beat me up for Not Running an Oil Temp Gage...
To be honest I didn't even consider it until this weekend... Just an added
expense that didn't tell me anything.... Now I know... and I may just have
to install one...
Keith
----- Original Message -----
From: Ed Van Scoy <edvs@idt.net>
To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
Cc: land-speed list <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: Oiling problems
> Keith: This is the same problem I tossed out to the list over a year ago.
The
> consensus was: Go to a dry sump. I did & I no longer have any oil pressure
> "swings". What max oil temp are you hitting?
> Ed
>
>
> Keith Turk wrote:
>
> > We had an interesting Problem with the C motor this weekend and I
think
> > I have answered what the Problem was.. ( thanks to Dave Dalgren )
> >
> > We had Killer Oil Pressure at an Idle... but as the motor got up above
6000
> > rpm it started decreasing to about 45 psi and stayed there.... Basically
> > Dave thinks that the Oil was Frothing.... and our Most likely Suspect is
the
> > Amount of Oil we had in the Pan. It's a Road Race Pan and the Oil was
Just
> > Barely showing on the Dipstick... but It took 8-9 qts to fill it and we
knew
> > that Had to be wrong.... but the dipstick shouldn't Lie.... ( how many
> > inches below the Pan Rail should it be? )
> >
> > We discussed several other options that it could be to include Breathing
> > problems and Oil Pan Style/ design.
> >
> > Interesting discussion with Dave.... Love to see some thoughts here on
it.
> >
> > Keith ( Who needs Oil Pressure anyway )
>
>
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