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Re: Update: Zero Oil Pressure

To: Bill Meyer <wcameyer@email.msn.com>
Subject: Re: Update: Zero Oil Pressure
From: mg-dennis@mindspring.com
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 21:58:19 -0800
Check to see what hole the oil is coming out of.  There are two of them.  One of
them should have a brass plug in it.  If it doesn't oil will dump back to the 
pan.

Dennis Cox
67 MGB

Bill Meyer wrote:

> Replaced the relief valve as Kai suggested, although the new one was only
> thousandths larger.  No luck
> Pressure primed the pump through the oil cooler line as suggested on Barney's
> website. No luck.
> Removed the pan and pump - it checked out and I have the correct gasket.
> Re-installed pump, put a pot of oil on a jack and submersed the pump pickup.
> Turned the engine over and soon had a steady stream pouring out the hole in
> the block casting in the left rear corner.  As this lines up with the tube in
> the corner of the pan, I must assume this is the normal return from the relief
> valve.
> What can further be done without pulling the engine?
>
> Bill

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