What! Too much oil pressure at idle? That pressure is normal for those
engines. The tolerances are tighter and the oil pump larger than the
Vanagon engine. When these engines used solid lifters normal oil
pressure at hi speed was around 90 psi.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Sean B.
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 7:31 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: TiiCo, high oil pressure

Hey volks, I've got a VDO oil pressure gauge hooked to my TiiCo. It
shows
about 25-30# of pressure at idle. I've got about 5k miles on the motor.
Before I put the motor in the bus, I installed a windage tray between
the
block and oil pan. In order to install it, I had to remove the pickup
tube
for the oil pump, fit the windage tray, and reinstall the pickup tube.
Would over-tightening the oil pump pickup tube slightly cause the high
oil
pressure, or is there something else I should look at?

Sean B.
'90 V'gon, "Happy Bus", pseudo Wolfy
Torrance, CA
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