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

15th March 2015 at 1:22 pm #5089

Anonymous

@tripyrenees wrote:

I had a problem re starting the engine – bloody ran out of fuel didn’t it. 😆 😆

So this is what I have on my oil gauge – it is connected on the rear of the engine as described. Do I need more pressure ❓

OK to add to my previous post on oil pressure, here is the cold idle oil pressure on my car after starting up today.

And here after a 70km ‘bash’ with the engine hot and idling – (whilst running at 80 KPH I had 3.5 kg/cm2 and at 100 KPH I had 4 kg/cm2 (couldn’t take a pic of that obviously 🙂 ))

The pump was rated at 50 PSI (3.45 kg/cm2) @ 1,000 RPM after refurbishment and testing by Roger Williams and fitted when the engine was rebuilt last winter and has covered circa 7,000 kms since.