[TR] TR3A oil pressure

[Tony Drews]

Sounds like when you cleaned it you ended up with it set a little 
higher.  I'd back it off a bit.

- Tony

At 09:38 AM 3/17/2009, DLylis at aol.com wrote:
>My (formerly) newly rebuilt 3A motor has excellent oil pressure.  My  gauge
>read 65 lbs at idle upon startup and ran about 80 lbs driving.  Warm  motor
>idle was at 50 lbs. Twice now, the pressure has dropped to 20 -30 at 
>idle  and
>shutting off the car and waiting returns it to the previous readings.   The
>driving pressure is as before.  Stuck pressure relief, you say. 
>I  agree, so it
>removed it and cleaned it and all seemed well. Something 
>odd  happened, however,
>which is counter intuitive.  Now, as the motor warms up  to operating temp,
>the pressure increases to 70 at idle and 85  driving.    I 
>questioned the gauge
>so I changed it for  a SunPro and I get the same readings.  I have a spin on
>adapter and an  oil cooler on this car.
>I know the pressure is high and intend to adjust the pressure relief once I
>see what makes sense here.
>
>Thoughts?
>
>David  Lylis
>69 TR6 CC26160L
>60 TR3A TS74461LO
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