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      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB">No Q here,
          just wanting to share something to the list that may not be
          common knowledge.</span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB">Back in the
          80s, I’ve been looking for an MGB to buy.<span
            style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
          </span></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB">Given a
          demanding job with not too much spare time, this really took
          some time, about
          three years<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>actually
          until I bought the
          1970 B that I still own now.</span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB">Think about
          it, no internet, so you had to rely on newspaper ads. </span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB">After
          driving a few hours on a Saturday morning to inspect an
          advertized car, this
          resulted in many disappointments. There were not too many MGBs
          around then in
          Holland. </span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB">(Nowadays many more, as many have been
          (re)imported from the USA). </span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB">I met a lot
          of interesting people then.</span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB">One older
          guy, who owned many classic sports cars, told me his vision on
          how to start a
          sports car.</span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB">First you
          crank the engine with the starter motor, then you wait until
          you get some oil
          pressure indication, and only then you pull out the choke
          lever to enable the
          engine to start.</span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB">That way,
          you prevent unnecessary stress on the bearings etc., caused by
          the engine
          running with unsufficient lubrication.</span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB">I think
          this made sense and have always done accordingly since.</span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB">However, I
          found that sometimes it takes a lot of time for the oil
          pressure gauge to move
          away from the zero postion. <br>
        </span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB">This depends, a.o. on what type of oil filter I
          used.</span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB">I found out that some filters have an anti-drain
          valve, whereas others have not. <span
            style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB">The ones
          with an anti-drain valve take (obviously) considerably less
          time to get your oil pressure
          up.</span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB">The
          respective manufacturers’ website will give you the required
          information.</span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB">In this
          part of the world, Mann W916/1 is an example of a cartridge
          that has such an
          anti –drain valve and is readily available. </span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB">The more
          popular manufacturer with the four letter name has, afaik,
          not.</span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB">No financial
          interest, just a happy user, it is just an example.</span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB">Bert</span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB">1970 MGB</span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB">PA0LPS</span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB">SA4BRL <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span
            style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span
            style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span
            style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span
            style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
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