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09-20-2007 07:13 AM #1
Strange oilpressure gain---
Earlier this week, I went downtown on some business, and since we are running out of "roadster weather" I took the roadster pickup. The business concluded pretty damn quickly--(the automation house I went to see had gone out of business 3 months ago---nobody told me.) Anyhoo---There was one of those "instant oil change" places right beside the place I had went to see, so I decided to get an oilchange, grease job, and new oilfilter on the RPU. Ya, I know---goldchainer or what!!! They did all of the requested tasks while I stood there and watched. The new oil was 10W30---same as the old oil (which had about 6000 miles on it, since I built the car.)---Now remember---I never even unbuttoned that old 305---just pulled it out of an old '85 Pontiac, washed the dirt off, and painted it and put it in the RPU. I did put new oil and a filter on it then.--That old motor has umpty-ump miles on it. When I drove away from the oil-change place, I immediately noticed that instead of the 25 pounds of oil pressure which was always the norm, I now had about 45 pounds of oil pressure!!! Okay, I figured---the new oil is cold---it'll be a little thicker---thats probably normal. Then after driving around for an hour, I notice that the oilpressure is still setting about 10 pounds higher than it ever did.This is curious---Maybe the kid used rear end grease instead of 10W30???? The engine seems to like it----Runs fine---runs at the same temperature---starts the same as it always did. What do you think???---Brian
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