Re: Re: 1955 Traction 11B “Barn Find” Project

[Anonymous]

@tripyrenees wrote:

ISSUE 2 – On dry start of engine i.e. plugs out and checking the oil pressure and on first start of engine and then a couple times more (Without Coolant) the oil pressure on my gauge ramped up to just above 2 on the scale. I put coolant in and restarted, but it struggled to start (could be anything) but the oil pressure is only just getting to 1 on the scale. What could have happened to reduce the oil pressure.

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When I overhauled my Morris 10 engine a couple of years ago, I had this. It turned out to be a small piece of debris, presumably dislodged during dismantling, that partially blocked the feed pipe to the gauge. Trying a separate gauge to the connection on the engine would prove this, but if you haven’t anything suitable, dismantle the pipe and blow it through and see what comes out.