<VV> Oil Pressure

[James P. Rice]

Pete:  This will probably start a string of discussion.

Don't confuses oil pressure with oil flow.  They are related, but not the
same, and can be independent of each other.

That's about all I remember from a hydraulics class I took many years ago at
Caterpillar.

Historically Yours,
                   James Rice

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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:03:55 EDT
From: BobHelt at aol.com
Subject: Re: <VV> Oil pressure spring
To: monza1965 at yahoo.com, VirtualVairs at corvair.org
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In a message dated 9/26/2008 8:29:01 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
monza1965 at yahoo.com writes:

Reading  past posts on oils I have some thoughts concerning the use of the
oil press  spring that increases the oil press to 60 lbs. My freshly rebuilt
110
has this  spring and with a mechanical guage my oil pressure is 60 at idle
and maybe a  little higher with some RPM. Is this to much pressure when used
with some  oils?


Pete, You will probably get some different opinions, but  mine that  this is
way too much pressure for a street vehicle. Chevrolet limited to  pressure
to
about 40 psi. They knew what they were doing. Higher pressure just  creates
problems such as heating the oil, and excessive wear.
Regards,
Bob Helt