<VV> Unexpected oil pressure increase

[Harry Yarnell]

I can't explain this one, but if the magnet is picking up enough metal to 
clog the filter; you got more problems than 10# extra oil pressure...

Harry Yarnell
Perryman Garage and Orphanage
hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Monasterio" <dmonasterio at megared.net.mx>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 10:40 AM
Subject: <VV> Unexpected oil pressure increase


>     I have been using magnets on bottom of diff., oil pan and oil filter 
> on my Rampside, in trying to trap small metal particles running on the 
> oil, with good results. Last Sunday I got 2 more magnets at a flea market 
> and put one at the end of the "Andariego's" (67 Cpe.) oil filter. 
> Yesterday, after driving it for about 20-30 miles, I noticed an oil 
> pressure increase of about 10 psi. To give a better picture, the synthetic 
> oil and filter had been running for about 3,000 miles and the usual 
> pressure, at 2,500 rpm and 220 F degrees was 35 psi. With the magnet, the 
> pressure increased to 45 psi (idling was 30 instead of 20).
>     At the first chance I changed the filter for a new one and pressures 
> returned to normal condition. Could the metal particles previously trapped 
> at the old filter move close to the magnet, clogging the filter ? Any 
> thoughts about this ?
>
>     Thanks a lot... in advance.
>
>     Daniel
>
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