[Healeys] oil pressure gauge problem

[Per Schoerner]

Bob
Well, it does show pressure when the engine is shut down, but very shortly.
The little hole in the adapter makes the oil run back into the engine 
very slowly, if at all. And it also makes the pressure build up to the 
gauge at startup slow.

Per

Bob Spidell skrev 2013-08-16 02:11:
> Let's see a show of hands:
>
> How many people believe any oil remains in the line from the block to
> the gauge when the engine is shut down and all pressure is removed from
> the oil system?
>
> Note the oil pressure gauge, being mechanical, would indicate pressure
> when the engine is shut down if that was the case.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> On 8/15/2013 4:53 PM, Roland Wilhelmy wrote:
>> Well, maybe we're both right and both wrong :-)
>> Maybe there needs to be just enough air in the line but not too
>> much.... or something that appears like that.
>> The correction to get back onto the track depends on where you are. In
>> some situations there is no one right answer for everyone.
>>
>> -Roland