<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">I agree..............numbers sound perfect to me !!  I was wondering what type of thermostat is installed (bellows or other type) and is the rating 185 degrees or other.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Thanks,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">John</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 8:41 AM,  <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:s.hutchings@rogers.com" target="_blank">s.hutchings@rogers.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Of all the figures I received for that informal survey, yours are the most impressive...maybe it's he Dennis Welch oil pump?<br>
Stephen<br>
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> On Aug 30, 2016, at 6:53 AM, Chris Dimmock <<a href="mailto:austin.healey@gmail.com">austin.healey@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi all,<br>
> Recently someone asked about oil pressures, and the oil being used.<br>
><br>
> My BJ8 engine was totally rebuilt in 1998.<br>
> Today, my wife and I went for a drive up the M1 motorway and I kept an eye on oil pressure. Water temp was 185 degrees all the time. Air temp was ~22 degrees Celcius.<br>
> Lovely day for a drive to the Hunter Valley!<br>
><br>
> Hot idle. After 70 minutes at ~70 mph, idle @ 850 - 900rpm = 40 lbs.<br>
> Oil pressure at 2,000 rpm hot driving = 50 lbs<br>
> 3,000 - 5,000 rpm hot oil pressure = 60 lbs.<br>
> My wife said we wouldn't make our 3rd wedding anniversary if I pulled 6,000 in overdrive top..... ;-)<br>
> Denis Welch oil pump.<br>
> Fresh Penrite HPR 40 oil and filter last weekend.<br>
> Draw your own conclusions. Mine are:<br>
> the thermostat is perfect, and<br>
> so is the oil pressure relief valve.<br>
> Best<br>
> Chris<br>
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