An Oil Pressure Story
Back in 1986 I still had the original engine in the car. Original condition
that is. The oil pressure was barely registering at warm idle. I lost an
engine because of that. Well that and my stupidity. I had replaced the
broken oil feed pipe to the pressure guage with a yellow pneumatic
instrument pipe. I had those at my lab. I had no money, but I did have
those. I read the pipe specs, they said 250 psi. I figured, no way the
pressure would ever get there, so I installed it. Of course that yellow pipe
has a low melting temperature. I got stuck in a traffic jam at 95+ degrees
on a hot Montreal summer day. Pipe melted at the engine fitting. Oil
pressure so low at idle that I didn't notice as it all pumped out on the
highway. Traffic cleared and I roared off down the road. One mile later the
engine seized solid around the camshaft.
No cell phones back then (1986). Sat for 5 hours in the blazing sun waiting
for my friends to miss me and turn back. No money for a tow truck and a very
aggravated date in the car. End of that relationship!
A Question
Now I have converted to an electric oil guage. That mechanical pipe wrecked
me one time to many. Broke, leaked, sprayed me in the eyes, you name it. So
I installed a standard electrical unit instead. I would like to convert to
have the same guage look in the car. I have only seen a 60 psi unit to date.
Did Smiths ever make an electric oil pressure guage that goes to 100 psi? If
anybody out there knows where one can be found I would appreciate the
information.
Mark Hooper
72 TR6 (with an electric oil pressure guage, but the wrong one)
-----Original Message-----
From: David Massey [mailto:105671.471@compuserve.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 7:04 PM
To: Mark Hooper
Cc: Triumph List; 'Graham Stretch'
Subject: RE: Tr 6 oil pressure question.
Message text written by Mark Hooper
>The past few days it has been 90 degrees (F) in Montreal. I noticed that
the
idle pressure had dropped to 45 psi with a warm engine at 950 rpm.
<
Mark, I remember when my hot oil pressure was 45 at 3,000 RPM! (It's much
better now with the new bearings and oil pump)
Cheers
Dave
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