[Healeys] oil pressure gauge problem

[Per Schoerner]

Hi
The restriction is in the adapter that connects the flexible hose to the 
block, there is a very small hole in this adapter. Is it possible that 
some people have replaced this adapter with something that has a too 
large hole, thus creating a vibrating needle when the system is blead?

Per

BJ8 Healeys skrev 2013-08-16 01:33:
> Well, I remember when this subject first came up on the list.  It was just after I had installed a new flex hose in the oil line.  Afterward, the needle was rock steady, but some said the line had to be bled.  I cracked the nut, started the engine and let it run until oil came steadily out of the line (into a cup), tightened the nut, and then watched my needle vibrating so badly I was afraid it would break off.  Then, I disconnected the line and waited for a minute before reconnecting it.  The needle was steady again.  To me, that says that air is needed in the line to damp the needle.
> It's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
>
> I believe what happened to me in the desert was that the nut backed off and allowed the oil pressure to bleed the air itself as I drove.  BTW, oil did not spurt out, or even drip, and I didn't see any oil until I looked under the dash and saw the single drop on the nut.  That tells me that Kees is right -- there isn't much oil in the line (unless it's bled).
>
> So we need a few more people to do the experiment and report back to the list.  It can't be correct both ways.
>
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> Havelock, NC  USA
>
> ---- Roland Wilhelmy<rwil at sbcglobal.net>  wrote:
>> All I can say is that I followed Chris' recipe (minus the ex-wife's
>> gift shirt) and it cured the needle vibration on our BJ7.
>>
>> -Roland