So, thanks to advice from the Forum, I found an
oil pressure gauge at TSC to check my oil pressure
issue -- pretty good when first started, 0 after
warmed up. I suppose I still have a problem, of
sorts, but with new gauge installed I get 40 psi
at half throttle when cold, drops to 15-20 psi at
half throttle when warm, and about 5 psi at idle.
It"s definitely NOT 0 psi at idle, but it still
isn"t very good. I"ll have to decide whether I
have enough nerve to go through the oil pump or
replace bearings. . . .
Oh, nobody told me that the oil would spurt all
over me when I cranked it up without gauge but
with a dish under the the open end of the line!!!
That was a mixed blessing: good pressure, messy
tractor.
oil pressure gauge at TSC to check my oil pressure
issue -- pretty good when first started, 0 after
warmed up. I suppose I still have a problem, of
sorts, but with new gauge installed I get 40 psi
at half throttle when cold, drops to 15-20 psi at
half throttle when warm, and about 5 psi at idle.
It"s definitely NOT 0 psi at idle, but it still
isn"t very good. I"ll have to decide whether I
have enough nerve to go through the oil pump or
replace bearings. . . .
Oh, nobody told me that the oil would spurt all
over me when I cranked it up without gauge but
with a dish under the the open end of the line!!!
That was a mixed blessing: good pressure, messy
tractor.