

| Subject: | Oil Pressure Relief Valve - Need Anecdotal Info |
| From: | Conrad Klahn |
| Date: | Sat, 15 May 2004 17:22:19 -0500 |
Hi, I can't find a resource anywhere that tells me whether the relief valve fits tightly or loosely in the relief valve cylinder. I took mine out to investigate a leak. I put a dowel in the relief valve, thinking that it would fit tightly enough for me to pull the dowel out - but it wasn't. The relief valve fits very loosely. I had to slide the spring over a screwdriver and use the screwdriver to carefully push the relief valve in until it felt like it was seated (still wiggled) - slide the spring up and depress, then screw in the plug. There aren't any instructions anywhere that I can find on doing this in the Bentley, so I'm not sure I did it right. After putting everything back together, the engine seemed to overheat quickly. This may be because I didn't think of priming the engine before letting it fire up. The oil light went out after a few moments at idle. The oil pressure light goes off when the engine starts up - and doesn't flicker or come on at 2k rpm. I'm using a Mann oil filter and 20w50. Conrad
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