[Mg-t] Just because...

[Rick Lindsay]

Good insight and history John. Thank you. When I cleaned the line it seemed rather congested with something, although nothing 'solid' came out. With repeated application of solvent, the line flowed liquid just fine. Cleaned the banjo bolts the same way. Perhaps I just didn't get the squirt nozzle in properly at first.

-rick

-------- Original message --------
From: John Seim <kingseim at earthlink.net> 
Date: 09/26/2013  8:44 AM  (GMT-06:00) 
To: Rick Lindsay <richardolindsay at gmail.com> 
Cc: mg-t at autox.team.net 
Subject: Re: [Mg-t] Just because... 
 
The banjo without the gauge tap should be at the head.
Early TD engines had the oil line without any gauge tap. One of the banjo bolts had the gauge tap, and that was installed into the head position.
Wanting a truer oil pressure reading, they decided to take the reading from the block.

Check the banjo bolt fittings, to see if they have been filled in with solder. Many shops, not understanding that it was a worn rocker arm assembly, would either fill the banjo bolt with solder, and then redrill a small oil passage into it, or crimp the oil line between the block and the head, or, in one case, they placed a plug into the cylinder head hole. 

John Seim
Irvine, CA

On Sep 26, 2013, at 6:23 AM, Rick Lindsay wrote:

> ...a part came off in a certain orientation doesn't mean it is correct! PO's (and Os) do many things incorrectly - self included.B 
> 
> Quick question for the XPAG gurus:
> 
> The oil line from the block up to the head has a tap on one of the banjos for the gauge. A parts diagram that I have seen shows that tap on the upper banjo, the one at the head. When I got it, my engine had the tap at the bottom, at the block. I reinstalled it that way but the new flexible oil line appears too short. I haven't offered it up yet but I am concerned.B 
> 
> Please tell me which end of the line should be at the head; the banjo with the gauge tap, or the one without it.
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> -rick
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