<VV> Excessive oil pressure at oil filter

Tom Hughes corvairdad at gmail.com
Wed Oct 7 12:50:26 EDT 2015


I've had this issue appear once before.i had failed to torque the retaining
bolt properly.i now always use a torque wrench and go to the factory
recommended 150 in-lbs (I believe - Please verify)1

Tom in Baltimore

 On Wednesday, October 7, 2015, air_cooled63--- via VirtualVairs <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

> Had friend call me to look at an oil problem on his Vair. Oil was sprayed
> all over the engine bay and investigation showed a new Clarks oil filter
> cocked to one side and the seal as sticking out. Appears that the pressure
> relief has stuck.
> Any one had this problem in the past?  Lots of work ahead.
> Jerry Brown
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