Thread: Lesson learned: oil pressure vs flow

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We all have pet peeves, and I probably have more than most.

In one of my past employment eras I worked in the lubrication field, and one of the hardest things to deal with was people's obsession with oil pressure.

Now don't get me wrong. System pressure is important: as a measuring tool for operating conditions within the system, NOT as a sole indicator of whether or not the system is lubricating properly.

Oil FLOW is what lubricates the engine components.

Here is a link to a site where one fellow learned that lesson the hard ($$$$$$$) way, and had the courage to share that lesson with us. http://www.cobralads.com/2006/05/how...gine.html#more


(Edit note) Since this thread was originally started the author of the linked site condensed his story into an overall narrative on his experience with his engines. The upshot is he had his oil lines hooked up wrong which gave him great pressure readings on the gauge but no flow of oil to the bearings.