[Healeys] Oil Pressure on a rebuilt engine

[Michael Oritt]

Robert--

What I did not say in my first post where I suggested loosening the oil
filter is that when it became necessary for me to do that in order to get
the oil pump primed and flowing I suspected that the pump had seen better
days.  I decided to drop the pan and remove the pump to examine the
condition of the gears, which showed considerable wear as well as end
play.  I installed a new pump and oil pressure came up immediately on
startup with a 15-20 psi increase in oil pressure across the board.

Best--Michael Oritt

On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 5:50 AM Bluehealey <bluehealey at gmail.com> wrote:

> The final oil circulation check is to make sure oil is appearing at the
> rockers too. The small union on top of the head, that the banjo pipe
> connects to, can get blocked when the head is being handled with no valves
> in it.
> Otherwise all sounds good to go.
> Alan - from my iPad
>
> On 11 Jan 2019, at 22:36, Robert Begani <rfbegani at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for all your help.  I removed the spin on filter, it had a tiny
> amount of oil on the edges,  so I hit the starter about 15 seconds the oil
> started coming out of one of the holes.  Replaced the filter and ran the
> starter for about 30 seconds and oil began to come out of the flex hose to
> the pressure gauge.  Replaced the hose and tightened it.  Ran the starter
> for about 10 seconds and pressure showed on the gauge.  Checked all the
> lines and filter for leakage and then ran the starter until the pressure
> was at 40 psi and holding.
>
>
>
> Thanks for all your good advice.
>
>
>
> Next is to add water and anti-freeze to the radiator. The  Fuel pump is
> operating and all fuel lines are secure to the carbs.  Will do a final walk
> around and run the starter with spark plugs and try to fire the engine
> after I get a fan belt.  I discovered the local parts stores do not know
> that our old cars use a classic fan belt with an A in front of number of
> inches as our dimensions on the top is ½ inch and bottom is 3/8 inch
> whereas there stock is for much smaller serpentine belts. They would have
> to special order it, so I ordered one form Moss along with a few bits and
> pieces.
>
>
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Bob Begani
>
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