Before you do anything, hook up a mechanical gauge and see what the oil pressure is really doing. Impossible to diagnose anything without having an idea what's really happening, until then all we can do is guess.
bs Sent from my iPad 3 On May 30, 2012, at 9:26 AM, "Woodland, Mark" <[email protected]> wrote: > Not to be a contrarian, but when the plug dropped out of my crank, it had > (maybe) 20 psi at higher RPMs, but dropped off to between zero and not-much at > an idle.. > > As always, y.m.m.v.. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ben > Ament > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 12:23 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [alfa] Oil pressure vagaries > > Modelle - > This sounds like a classic case of a plug dropping out of the crank. If you > remove the oil pan, you should find a small, aluminum plug that has been > peened on one end. The best solution is to remove the crank and then tap and > replace all of the plugs with countersunk Allen bolts. > > Ben > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 10:44 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [alfa] Oil pressuer vagaries > > Gentle Alfisti, > > Spica spider oil pressure was reading low, so as I have done in the past, > r&r'd the sending unit. Now the pressure indicates better than 57 pounds > (straight up on the dial) at idle and then falls to below this level at higher > rpms. It does the opposite of what I would expect. Could the Digest confirm > that the pressure-relief function of the oil pump might cause this > observation? > > modelle in somers point > 72 spider > 67 sprint veloce RHD > -- > to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi > or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] > -- > to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi > or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] > > > > ____________________ > > This message contains confidential information intended only for the use of > the > addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is legally > privileged. > If you are not the addressee, or the person responsible for delivering it to > the > addressee, you are hereby notified that reading, disseminating, distributing > or > copying this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message > by > mistake, please immediately notify us by replying to the message and delete > the > original message immediately thereafter. Thank you. Any views expressed in > this > message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifies > and > with authority, states them to be the views of DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL INC. > -- > to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi > or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
