I agree, 80 would be nice, but I've never seen that, even in the freshly
rebuilt 2.1 I had in 2000.  I think there is a pressure relief valve that
opens around 60 psi, but I don't know for sure.  Apparently, the rod big
ends go slightly oval as they age, and also increase in radius as they heat
up, causing the drop in pressure, at least according to the production
rebuilder that did my rebuild in 2000.

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: OlRivrRat [mailto:OlRivrRat@comcast.net]
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2014 9:52 PM
To: Stuart MacMillan
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Oil pressure ?

On 23 Nov , 2014, at 1:38 PM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:

> What concerns me is the 60 psi cold, which indicates the pump is pumping
just fine.  No blockages into the pump.  The huge drop after warm up
indicates a bearing problem to me, it's very similar to my worn bearings
opening up the clearances with heat and the thinning oil.

        I would think that a "FreshRebuild", which has 20w50 Oil in it (
which just seems Crazy to me ) should be showing MuchHigher O'P's

than 60PSI Cold ~

        & Theoretically, Clearances ShouldNot open up with Heat they should
become Tighter ~

ORR ~ DeanB=