[AT] High oil pressure a bad thing?

[RonMyers at wildblue.net]

My 327 in my old Chevy had a high volume high pressure pump in it. It was
alway at or over 80 PSI ran for more than 15 years that I had it with no
problem.
Ron


> 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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