Addendum: Berg oil pressure relief cover.

[Toby Erkson <Toby_Erkson@ccm2.hf.intel.com>]

Just to clarify:  The Berg relief pump cover only keeps the oil pressure 
below 125 lbs/sq.inch (roughly, in my baby).  This is great for cool 
morning startups, but once the engine/oil is up to temp and the oil 
pressure isn't as high the relief cover's safety valve is no longer used.
     Toby Erkson
     air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
     '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L
     '75 Porsche 914 1.8L for sale
     Portland, Oregon
     http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8501/

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Author:  type-3-errors@umich.edu at SMTPGATE
Date:    7/7/97 12:47 AM

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20W50 motor oil:

The siren song of thicker oil is an ever popular mantra, but while it
will make your oil pressure gauge read higher, its only other end
result is to increase the power input required to drive the oil pump.
Since this power comes directly from the engine the result is less
power to the wheels.  This is another advantage of Berg's pressure
relief full flow pump cover.
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