66 300 I6 high oil pressure

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Re: 66 300 I6 high oil pressure

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X2 !, the multi-grade diesel oils are a good choice, especially for Florida, IMO. They are usually inexpensive ; I recently bought a five quart jug of Rotella for under $12.00 for one of my tractors. The 15w40 will probably serve to avoid the pressure relief when cold, and still maintain current hot idle pressures. For my personal use, I prefer to avoid stressing components needlessly. I subscribe to the popular rule of 10 psi per thousand rpm, and don't care to find out which is stronger, the relief devices, or the old oil pump drive. If the factory recommended oil viscosity will hold that minimum pressure in all situations, I see no reason to add extra resistance to the system and take a chance on either relief system failing to reseat.
Years ago, I religiously ran 20w50 oil; now I'm convinced that is seldom needed in a solid street engine. :2cents:
Years of turbo experience has proven to me there is a considerable difference in "hot" viscosity of oils with the same stated grade range; the popular diesel oils excel in retaining hot viscosity, even when compared to some expensive "turbo" oils.
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Re: 66 300 I6 high oil pressure

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Sounds good to me guys, 15/w40 diesel oil should keep that old 352 happy.

You may even consider adding some LUCAS HD oil stabilizer; http://www.lucasoil.com/products/displa ... 25&catid=2
My two ol' FE 390s appreciate it!

Would that infringe on my usual dose of MMO? :?:
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Re: 66 300 I6 high oil pressure

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I'd stay with one or the other; with us old-timers, it's usually Marvel Mystery Oil, although you might consider a lighter dose :P
It probably removed the majority of the sludge some time ago!
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Re: 66 300 I6 high oil pressure

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Okay - update:

We tried building the regulator, and it worked, although voltage still a bit too high. In doing this, we learned the value of the whole thing being grounded. Then my son remarked that when he had removed the regulator, it had not been connected to the mounting screw and was just hanging loose. Light bulb went on. So we reinstalled the original regulator, making sure that it was securely grounded via the mounting screw, and everything is now working. We may have gone all the way around the barn to get to the door, but at least we made it.

Thanks to all for the help.
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JFN-What is yer readings now with the new setup that you put together. Yeah that ground wire has to be connected or they won't work.
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1975 Harley Davidson XLH {Groundpounder}
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Re: 66 300 I6 high oil pressure

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Limestone66 wrote:JFN-What is yer readings now with the new setup that you put together. Yeah that ground wire has to be connected or they won't work.
In the video that we were following, the guy was making one for a 68 Fairlane and so used an 8 volt regulator. He said that, with the load of the gauges, it came out about right. I don't think our gauges generated enough load, so the voltage stayed too high, and that made the gauges read a bit high. I think I'll try it again using the 6 volt version. It's easy to do, though, and fairly cheap.

So we are using the old regulator which just needed to be grounded properly.
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Re: 66 300 I6 high oil pressure

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The mechanical oil pressure gauge on my tractor pegged high 80+ also, and it turned out to be a failed gauge so that can happen also. Confirm with a known good gauge before you get too excited about oil pressures.
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