[Healeys] FW: oil pressure relief valve - great.

[Robert Blair]

What a great thread this has been ....

Robert N. Blair  Yellow 65BJ8  RNBmail at yahoo.com
 



--- On Sat, 10/2/10, Dave Porter <frogeye at porterscustom.com> wrote:

> From: Dave Porter <frogeye at porterscustom.com>
> Subject: [Healeys] FW:  oil pressure relief valve
> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> Date: Saturday, October 2, 2010, 7:55 AM
> To: 'warthodson at aol.com';
> 'racarbon at verizon.net';
> 'healeys at autox.team.net'
> Subject: RE: [Healeys] oil pressure relief valve
>
> When a crankshaft spins and an oil pump pumps and splashing
> and squirting
> result, tiny bubbles (see Don Ho) are introduced into the
> pressurized flow
> of oil. Some even migrate to the gauge. NO! cried the
> audience, but alas its
> true..
>
> frogeye at porterscustom.com
>
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>
>
> Are you suggesting that because there is a small orfice at
> the block, air
> must
> be bled fron the tube? Why?
> Given enought time oil will pass thru the orfice &
> compress the air until
> equilibriam is reached & the gage will read the same
> pressure with or
> without
> air in the line.
> Gary
>
>
> Should this be the case, air must be bled from the tube
> going
> o the pressure gauge for a true reading
> n the line
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