14-09-2023, 03:01 PM
Thanks for the advice, I think I will try using a brass drift to coin in the ball to it's seat.
I did ask a few questions about the low oil pressure earlier and from the replies have removed the sump and checked the oil pump vanes which looked perfect but I did fit new springs anyway. I couldn't see anything obvious so am hoping the new relief ball and spring will resolve the issue.
The existing ball did have a small rough area which looked like it could have been rust although it cleaned off by simply scraping it with a finger nail.
The oil looked fine with no evidence of water contamination.
I should say that the car had very little use for over a year during which time I was only able to run the engine periodically and it was on one of these start-ups that I suddenly had no oil pressure on the gauge. I can't compare the gauge with a known good one but I did try using a foot pump with the ball connector just pressed up against the gauge feed pipe and the gauge immediately moved around so I can't imagine it's completely failed.
Thanks,
John.
I did ask a few questions about the low oil pressure earlier and from the replies have removed the sump and checked the oil pump vanes which looked perfect but I did fit new springs anyway. I couldn't see anything obvious so am hoping the new relief ball and spring will resolve the issue.
The existing ball did have a small rough area which looked like it could have been rust although it cleaned off by simply scraping it with a finger nail.
The oil looked fine with no evidence of water contamination.
I should say that the car had very little use for over a year during which time I was only able to run the engine periodically and it was on one of these start-ups that I suddenly had no oil pressure on the gauge. I can't compare the gauge with a known good one but I did try using a foot pump with the ball connector just pressed up against the gauge feed pipe and the gauge immediately moved around so I can't imagine it's completely failed.
Thanks,
John.