[Healeys] oil pressure relief valve

John Vrugtman javrugtman at htcnet.org
Thu Sep 30 18:04:28 MDT 2010


  My oil gauge oscillates when the connection is loose and I get these 
little spots of oil on my pants.  Tighten it up and it's smooth again.

John
64/66 BJ8

On 9/30/2010 7:28 PM, Len and/or Marge Hartnett wrote:
> So - why does the oil gauge oscillate?  Mine has only done it 
> periodically - maybe once every six months or a year.  The rest of the 
> time it is steady. I don't know if there is air in the line or not.
>
> (The Other) Len
> Vacaville, CA, USA
> 1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031
>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Blair" <rnbmail at yahoo.com>
>> To: <sbyers at ec.rr.com>; <healeys at autox.team.net>; 
>> <bighealey3k at aim.com>; "MarkLaPierre" <lapierrem at sbcglobal.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 1:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Healeys] oil pressure relief valve
>>
>>
>>>
>>> David Nock - You run a big Healey shop - when you replace and oil 
>>> guage - do
>>> you ensure there is a certain amount of air in the guage oil line to 
>>> the guage
>>> to dampen the needle - I dont think so ..... there is no air in my 
>>> oil line -
>>> and no oscillating needle.
>>>
>>> Robert N. Blair  Yellow 65BJ8  RNBmail at yahoo.com
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