Re: Regulating oil pressure.

Posted by AJS On 2016/10/14 21:33:31

When your engine is started cold it should have about 55lbs pressure at a fast idle. when the engine is hot it should have 15-20lbs at low idle, hot and at speed the engine should have 35 to 45 lbs of pressure. I would adjust the oil pressure regulator to increase the pressure at idle. To increase the oil pressure remove the acorn nut from the regulator, loosen the retaining nut on the pressure adjuster and tighten it, this will cause the oil pressure to increase, This is a trial and error adjustment. There are many very knowledgable and helpful people on this forum. This information is what I garnered from this forum and people not on the forum, I took all the information and arrived at the above conclusion, its working fine for my engine.This is just my best opinion.
Andy