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Subject:Re: Parinoid Trip
From:Stan Wilder
Date:Tue, 29 May 2001 08:24:16 -0500

The test was done at:, well luke warm about thirty minutes after I turned
the engine off from the trip.

On Wed, 30 May 2001 08:51:33 -0400 Kenneth D Lewis <kdlewis@juno.com>
writes:
> Stan;
>         That sounds great to me! Ten psi per thousand RPM is
> acceptable so you are way over. Did you check it hot or cold?
>
> Good Luck and Drive Safely
> Ken Lewis
> 86 Crewcab,60 356
> http://Neksiwel.20m.com/
>
> On Mon, 28 May 2001 23:32:30 -0500 Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
> writes:
> > So just to satisify my curiosity I adapted my compression tester
> > with a
> > few brass fittings to check my oil pressure and I see that I'm
> > idling at
> > 850 RPM and about 18 PSI, at 3000 RPM i'm getting 55-65 PSI. These
> > figures are free-running and not under load conditions.
> >
> > Are these figures somewhat in the proper range?
> >
> > Stan Wilder 83 Westfalia Air Cooled