My (formerly) newly rebuilt 3A motor has excellent oil pressure. My gauge
read 65 lbs at idle upon startup and ran about 80 lbs driving. Warm motor
idle was at 50 lbs. Twice now, the pressure has dropped to 20 -30 at idle and
shutting off the car and waiting returns it to the previous readings. The
driving pressure is as before. Stuck pressure relief, you say. I agree, so it
removed it and cleaned it and all seemed well. Something odd happened,
however,
which is counter intuitive. Now, as the motor warms up to operating temp,
the pressure increases to 70 at idle and 85 driving. I questioned the gauge
so I changed it for a SunPro and I get the same readings. I have a spin on
adapter and an oil cooler on this car.
I know the pressure is high and intend to adjust the pressure relief once I
see what makes sense here.
Thoughts?
David Lylis
69 TR6 CC26160L
60 TR3A TS74461LO
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