lloydpiestate Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 hi all,a topic that has been on my mind for a long time now, external oil feed.i use my mk2 pi every day, its fitted with a rebuilt 2000 lump at present, with a spin on filter and oil cooler, that has done about 20k miles, and is how it was when i brought it 4 years ago.the engine is faultless day in and day out, and has fantastic oil pressure, 50- 55 at idle when hot and 65 -70 at higher revs, also when hot !!! now most days i travel up and down caerphilly mountain, and its a steep ole thing, and i always keep an eye on the oil pressure gauge as i do so, as i cannot believe how much it moves in relation to whether you are going up or down the mountain !!!!!!!!going up, the pressure can drop as low as 45 and you can hear the crank waining / knocking wanting oil, and going down with the auto box in 2nd and no throttle can rise to 80 - 85 !!!so is there any more proof needed that our straight six engines need an external oil feed to at least numbers 1 & 2 !!!!!!!easy enough to sort out an external feed if you have the spin on filter on your engine, SO the question is, does anyone do an external feed kit, ANYONE KNOW WHERE TO GET ONE FROM, as i dont have the time to make one from scratch at the mo ??DAVE HARVEY, a nice little project for you to sort out for us perhaps ;) ;) lloyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloydpiestate Posted November 21, 2014 Author Share Posted November 21, 2014 i just read that posting back, to clarify, i mean an external oil feed to no"s 1 & 2 on the crank via the allen key grub screws on the block. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 This my version. Uses 5/16" Enots fittings and takes the feed from the gallery plug just above the filter housing. Untested at this point.Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard B Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 5005 wrote:now most days i travel up and down caerphilly mountain, and its a steep ole thing, and i always keep an eye on the oil pressure gauge as i do so, as i cannot believe how much it moves in relation to whether you are going up or down the mountain !!!!!!!!Hi Lloyd, I would go for fixing the problem at source. Sounds like the oil is to the back of the sump away from the intake. If it is oil pump starvation, maybe a baffled sump would help with a horizontal plate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Tont Lindsey Dean did an article on this in the TSSC Courier mag a few years ago.It was about what he fits to his race engines.There was also an analysis of the machining "tolerances" in the blocks.CheersColin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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