Re: [HSS] Oil Press Gauge

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All this talk of oil gauges and pipes reminds me that when I was about 18 or

19 I first fell for the trap of forgetting to reconnect the oil gauge before

starting the engine after a top overhaul (on a '27 Buick). Did it again

last weekend. Jennie was standing there asking whether all this oil was

supposed to be dripping on the ground. Did I never learn or, 40 years on,

am I now forgetting?



Peter R.

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Subject: [HSS] Oil Press Gauge





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> In a message dated 4/8/02 1:26:15 PM, geoffclark@xtra.co.nz writes:

>

> << In fact, they cannot fill with oil unless there is a leak

> at the connection at the gauge end, or the engine has been run with this

> pipe disconnected. Think about it - how can the pipe fill with oil

> when there is no return circuit? The gauge measures the pressure in

> the pipe. >>

>

> Indeed, I have fitted modern Stewart Warner oil pressure gauges to

> (reasonably) modern cars and have often watched the oil bubble up toward

the

> gauge in a very haphazard manner in the translucent plastic tube while the

> motor is running. It never fills the tube completely and drains back as

soon

> as the motor stops producing pressure. it's a good thing they do measure

air

> as easly as oil.

>

>

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