Re: High oil pressure?

["Daegrigg (Don)" <daegrigg@domain.elided>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Sims" <simstony@domain.elided>
To: "Alfa Digest" <alfa-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: High oil pressure?


> >The Alfetta has developed a nasty habit of blowing the
> >seal in its oil filter. Typically, this will happen
> >about a week or so - maybe 100 + Klms - after she's
> >had the oil filter changed.
>
> >Till now we've been looking for issues in the filter
> >housing, but with no luck. While driving her yesterday
> >I happenned to notice that the oil pressure was
> >occasionally getting up to 80psi and perhaps beyond -
> >virtually off the scale!
>
> Could this be caused by a jammed pressure relief in the oil pump?
>
> Tony
> --

Tony,

I observed similar high oil pressure reading on my 79 sedan.  No problem
(yet) with filter seal.  I suspect the relief valve spring, too.

Don

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