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Re: [TR] TR4 - Sudden Oil Pressure Drop

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Subject: Re: [TR] TR4 - Sudden Oil Pressure Drop
From: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:41:32 -0400
On 19 Jun 2007 at 1:21, lbc.resto@comcast.net wrote:

> Took it out tonight and I noticed that it only reached 30PSI
> at 2500RPM and about 15PSI at idle.
> ...
> I would appreciate any ideas as to the suddenness of this?

Perhaps your carb float bowls or fule pump are leaking gas into the 
manifold, thinning the oil?  Does the dipstick smell like gas?  Does 
the oil level seem higher than it was before?


-- 
Jim Muller
jimmuller@rcn.com
'80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+



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