[Healeys] Oil Pressure Relief Valve Question

[Michael Salter]

I'm thinking at $1.98 at Moss a new spring might be a wise investment... of
course that's almost as much as a cup of coffee (small)!!

M

On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 12:24 PM Jonas Payne via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Bingo,
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> Appears that I have 2 drain plugs.  I Pulled Healeyman Jim’s on Sunday for
> a reference.
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> Not sure whether I bought the car that way or it got messed up at the
> machine shop, but either way, I have 2 drain plugs.
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> Simple fix was to enlarge the hole with a ½” drill bit to the depth
> measured on Jim’s.
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> *From:* David Nock <healeydoc at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, January 17, 2020 8:16 AM
> *To:* Jonas Payne <jpayne at jpaynepbr.onmicrosoft.com>; David Nock <
> healeydoc at sbcglobal.net>; jpaynepbr at cox.net
> *Cc:* Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Oil Pressure Relief Valve Question
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> Make sure you have the correct plug in the oil pan drain plug, I think
> that they are the same thread as the relief valve plug.
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> David Nock
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> *From:* Jonas Payne
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> *Sent:* Sunday, January 12, 2020 12:05 PM
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> *To:* David Nock ; jpaynepbr at cox.net
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> *Cc:* Healeys
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> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Oil Pressure Relief Valve Question
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> My spring is too large to fit into the hole in the plug – therefore the
> spring is effectively ½” too long and resultantly too stiff, so it isn’t
> working at 60psi.
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> I’m thinking I should just drill out the plug a larger diameter so the
> spring fits inside?
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> Probably wouldn’t hurt to order up a new spring since this one is
> “smashed”.
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> Jonas Payne
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> *From:* David Nock <healeydoc at sbcglobal.net>
> *Sent:* Sunday, January 12, 2020 10:46 AM
> *To:* jpaynepbr at cox.net
> *Cc:* Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Oil Pressure Relief Valve Question
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> The spring should fit into the hole in the plug and the valve.
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> There is a bleed hole on the back side of the valve that drains back int
> the oil pan. It sit in the in debt of the oil pan. I have seen some alloy
> pans that block the hole. Also have seen people use excessive silicone and
> plu the hole up.
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> David Nock
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jan 12, 2020, at 9:41 AM, jpaynepbr at cox.net wrote:
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> My recently rebuilt AH 3000 with new oil pump is putting out 100 psi of
> oil pressure at startup and is at an easy 50 to 60 psi at idle when heated
> up.
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> It is my understanding that the oil pressure release valve is set to not
> exceed 60 psi?
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> I pulled it out, and my question is, is the spring supposed to sit down
> inside the machined hole in the plug or is the spring supposed to sit on
> the lip of the plug and not go down into the hole.
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> Jonas
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> *From:* Jonas Payne <jpayne at jpaynepbr.onmicrosoft.com>
> *Sent:* Sunday, January 12, 2020 9:32 AM
> *To:* Jonas Payne <jpayne at jpaynepbr.onmicrosoft.com>
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