From: James Shanks (n1vbn@bit-net.com)
Date: Sun Aug 10 2003 - 09:12:07 PDT
At 02:02 PM 8/9/2003 -0700, International Movie Services wrote:
>Oil pressure at two thousand revs is 40 pounds (or so)
>And if it is not 40 pounds your motor will not go!
>Thus spake the clever makers in their learned little book
>And so at that small instrument I seldom dare to look.
>Sometimes on bitter winter morn when frigid frost abides
>My needle climbs to shaky "10" then sleepily subsides
>O clueless clot that I may be, is this truck not a hero?
>Have we not gone ten thousand miles. oil pressure, hot,
>At zero.
If I were you I would check the oil pressure with a mechanical
gauge, any truck repair shop should have one they use to verify the
accuracy of the dash mounted gauge. You may have good oil pressure now due
to the fact your engine is still running BUT if you lose oil pressure and
can't tell due to a defective gauge think of the downtime and trouble to
swap out the formerly good but for a reliable oil pressure gauge engine.
I'd rather if it were me swap out a gauge any day.
the minimum oil pressure for the old two stroke Detroit engines is
3 PSI.
Jim
>With sincere apologies to W.E. Charnock!
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Employee@MilVeh.com" <milveh@sbcglobal.net>
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>Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 10:39 AM
>Subject: Re: [MV] oil pressure
>
>
> > I can tell you what mine runs, it holds 30+ psi at
> > idle which is at 600-650 rpms with Shell's industrial
> > 30 wt.
> >
> > I am running stock a multi-fuel with a whistler turbo
> > and I love the engine. Although I was a little taken
> > back when a guy who owns a trucking company refered to
> > the engine as a "disposable" and "not worth
> > rebuilding." Sure a Cat or Cummins is a better
> > engine, but they are newer and cost a lot more too.
> > Considering the low price I paid for my truck, this
> > Continental runs like a champ and since I fixed the
> > fuel density compensator I have had zero problems with
> > it. Very happy with it and I get about 10 mpg. too.
> >
> > --- "Fred H. Schlesinger" <fred@schlesingers.net>
> > wrote:
> > > What is normal? Are the gauges in the truck pretty
> > > accurate?
> > >
> > >
> > >
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James Shanks
n1vbn@bit-net.com
1998 IMZ 8.103
1984 H-D FLHT-C
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