[TR] Oil Pressure

[Andrew Uprichard]

The valve regulates pressure to the engine and the feedback I have received
from the list and elsewhere would suggest 80 - 90psi is way to high.  Having
said that, I reduced the pressure and the car continues to drip :-(

Andrew Uprichard

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From: wbeech at flash.net [mailto:wbeech at flash.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 12:13 PM
To: dlylis at gmail.com; 'Andrew Uprichard'; triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net;
'Randall'; triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [TR] Oil Pressure

This has been a fascinating discussion!  I was not aware of this valve, does
it regulate the oil pressure in the engine or just to the gauge?  If to the
engine, could it be part of the reason I am seeing excessive leaking from my
brand new rear main seal? 

Right now, most of time, driving at 3000rpm yields a pressure reading of
80-90psi.

Bill Beecher
'58 TR-3A TS/30766 L (On the road in 2009!)
"A Triumph is man's best friend, it always comes when it is called...of
course, some times it is difficult to make it go"

 

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Subject: Re: [TR] Oil Pressure

I paid a lot of attention to clearances when I rebuilt my 3A motor. I have
55 at hot idle and can clearly see the bypass valve function at 75 lbs when
I wind the motor over 3500. 20/50 oil. 
New gauge so I am reasonably confident of the numbers.
There, I have showed you mine! ;-)
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Andrew Uprichard" <auprichard at comcast.net>

Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:35:52
To: 'Randall'<tr3driver at ca.rr.com>; <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] Oil Pressure


List:  thanks to all who replied.

As usual, I like Randall's caveat.  My newly-rebuilt engine was reading 50
at idle and 80 at 3000 rpm:  I dialed it back by adjusting the set-up on the
filter head and now it reads 30 and 50 respectively.  My other car has a
much wider span of pressures over the rpm range, so I think I'll get the
gauge checked out as well.

Andrew

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[mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Randall
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 2:54 AM
To: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Oil Pressure

> Before I give away my numbers, what range (idle to full 
> acceleration) should
> one aim for with oil pressure on a TR3?

while I agree with Tony's numbers, I have seen TR3 engines survive with much
less.  In fact, I drove a whole year with an engine that showed no pressure
at all at hot idle, and no more than 30-40 psi at hot cruise with the
heaviest oil I could find.

I'll also throw out my usual caveat : Before you get too concerned over what
the gauge reads, make sure it is accurate.  Old gauges frequently lie.

Randall
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