Re: [T3] Oil pressure issues

[Toby Erkson <air_cooled_nut@pobox.com>]

<x-flowed>Hmmm, your setup sounds very much like mine :-)

Use pure synthetic oil.  Also, a Gene Berg oil pump w/bypass will help 
keep those high pressure oil surges from grenading your oil filter.  
I've never had a blown filter.  For my climate I use Mobil 1 20w-50.

What alternator do you plan on using?

   Toby Erkson  --  air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
   '72 VW Squareback, '95 VW Jetta, '81 Gold Wing, '73 Porsche 914
   http://www.icbm.org/
   Portland, Oregon


LinksAirForce1@aol.com wrote:

> ok lemme start off by saying this.... im an evil bastard and modified the fan shroud and  and such for my project. what size is the motor you full flowed and what size oil pump. refering to the evil bastard I am. my motor is a 1914cc full flowed with a Heavy duty oil pump .... believe it's a 30mm? its got a real thick flange.  I had the same trouble with the oil filter a couple days ago.... started up you hear pop splash and yay a split hp-8a oil filter.... Hitting my head and realizing it had been nearly 10 degrees last night and Im using 20W-50 (i know i know stupid stupid stupid)  went to a HP-1 ran 10W-30... next project ... ALTERNATOR!

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