[Healeys] Oil Pressure

[Oudesluys]

Sounds quite normal for this car. These engines do not normally run very 
high oil pressures.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL


Mark LaPierre wrote:
> I have clocked about 400 miles since a complete overhaul on my car and engine
> and
> am experiencing some pretty low oil pressure at 40 to 50 pounds on the
> highway.
>
> The car runs smooth, idles well,  no oil leaks (yet) ,   I am using Castrol
> 20-50  now since
> I changed from the Valvoline 20-50 plus a break in oil , which I ran for about
> 300 miles.
> Changing the oil made no difference.  I do have other gauges that I could swap
> out and test .
>
> My main thought is that I am using a Moss spin on oil filter adaptor that I
> purchased back in 1998.
> Seems to me there were some issues with some of these units and I am wondering
> if this could
> be the cause of low oil pressure.   This is the one piece unit that allows a
> screw on  filter to be used
> and the filter sticks straight out from the engine.   All internal/external
> engine parts are new or rebuilt.
>
> Any advise appreciated,   Mark
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