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Re: Not Again!!!!! MGB disaster

To: James Murray <smurf3@softcom.net>
Subject: Re: Not Again!!!!! MGB disaster
From: Art Pfenninger <ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 19:21:23 -0400 (EDT)
        Actually they are the only ones I use now. The metal on  them
seems thicker. I had a problem with another brand after it developed a
leak and almost ruined an engine.
...Art


On Mon, 13 Oct 1997, James Murray wrote:

> What is wrong with Fram oil filters? Has anyone had bad experiences with Fram
> filters?
> Jim
> 
> Larry A Hoy wrote:
> 
> > Scott, your oil pressure should be 70-75 lbs.  If you had a new pump and
> > you are only getting 55 lbs pressure there is (was) a problem.  I would
> > suspect the crank was bad and damaged the bearings or the  bearings were
> > set too "loose".  I don't think that 55lbs works.
> >
> > My car has about 75 lbs at speed (any speed) and 55 lbs pressure at idle.
> >  I have a stock oil pump and the standard relief spring.  12,000 miles on
> > rebuild.  Castrol 20-50, and any kind of oil filter as long as it isn' t
> > Fram.
> >
> > Larry Hoy (MGB.Roadster@juno.com)
> > Denver, CO USA
> > 1969 MGB Roadster
> > 1987 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas
> > ===============================
> > On Sun, 12 Oct 1997 23:29:04 +0000 "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>
> > writes:
> >
> > >Tyson,
> > >       Thanks for the kind words.  Mine was revving about 4250 when the
> >
> > >problem started.
> > >       One other thing I've been thinking.  With the heavy-duty oil
> > pump
> > >and uprated relief spring, I was kind of expecting to have higher
> > >than 55 psi on the highway.  I wonder if it's possible that something
> > >was missed during the rebuild, and the high-flow pump was the only
> > >thing that kept the pressure from being abysmal up till now.
> > >Scott
> > >
> 
> 
> 
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