[Spridgets] Oil Pressure vs Quantity

Rick Fisk refisk at chartermi.net
Wed Aug 13 14:36:39 MDT 2014


What the heck was he doing in Needles if he was going to Twentynine Palms from
Hermosa Beach?  That's some serious getting lost!  :-)

Sent from my keyboard

> On Aug 13, 2014, at 3:38 PM, Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike at att.net>
wrote:
>
> Bud's reply makes sense and maybe if I had replaced the pump this "symptom"
> would have gone away.  The pressure was rock steady through any kind of
> driving, so I think the pickup was in the right spot.  At the time I
> knew
> nothing of cars.  I just used the low pressure as an indicator and
> never had
> to remove the dipstick.  It ran fine until I lent it to a
> friend that wanted
> to visit his girlfriend in the Marines in Twenty Nine Palms.  He had to
drive
> from Hermosa Beach and I told him to just watch the oil pressure gauge and
> stop when the pressure got down to forty.  I even supplied the oil.  I
guess
> he was only thinking of one thing while driving out there.  He got as far
as
> Needles, California and the engine seized.  He had to buy me a used engine
> from the junk yard to replace the one he killed.  Yes, there
> were Bugeyes in
> junkyards back then.  After that I had to use the
> dipstick like everyone
> else.Mike
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