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Re: oil pressure

To: Allen Nugent <A.Nugent@unsw.edu.au>
Subject: Re: oil pressure
From: fred thomas <vafred@erols.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 20:08:22 -0800
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
References: <199803162340.KAA06529@sam.comms.unsw.EDU.AU>
Allen Nugent wrote:
> 
> James,
> 
> At 14:11 16/03/98 +0000, you wrote:
> 
> >Up-rating the relief spring will only effect the maximum permissible
> >pressure.
> 
> Fair enough. But, with an 80 PSI relief valve, I get 60 PSI at idle, going
> up to a max of 80 at about 2,500 rpm. Practically speaking, I'd call this an
> 80 PSI oil pump. Surely, it's the higher revs that need the best lubrication.
> 
> On the other hand, I leak more oil than I used to!
> 
> Allen Nugent
> Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering
> University of New South Wales
> Sydney  2052  Australia

Allen, thats not a leak, thats a high pressure blow-out.


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