[AT] High oil pressure a bad thing?

[Danny Tabor]

Dean,
    I found this website on oil pressures. Hope it
helps. I have always been told if on a diesel engine
the oil pressure was too high it would result in leaky
seals and gaskets.. As well as it is reducing the life
of you oil pump as its working harder than it needs
too.

http://lubricants.s5.com/oil_pressure.htm

Danny TAbor

--- Dean Vinson <dean at vinsonfarm.net> wrote:

> There's a letter to "Mr. Thinker" in the June issue
> of Green Magazine about
> a tractor with high oil pressure.   That caught my
> attention since my
> Farmall M pressure gauge always reads high, and it
> was the same on the Super
> M I had several years ago.  The response from Mr.
> Thinker talks about how to
> adjust the oil pump relief valve to get the pressure
> back in the normal
> range, but doesn't say anything about cleaning or
> checking or otherwise
> servicing anything else in the engine.
> 
> So what's the harm of high oil pressure?  If it's
> not a symptom of clogged
> arteries, so to speak, or some other bad thing that
> ought to be fixed before
> it does real damage, what difference does it make if
> the gauge reads way up
> at the high side?
> 
> Dean Vinson
> Dayton, Ohio
> www.vinsonfarm.net
> 
> 
> 
> 
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