Did I make A mistake?
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My book says,"If deck warpage exceeds .003 inches in any 6 inch span, or .006 in total, then the block deck must be machined flat." I would assume this means a gasket can effectively fill up to those variations WITHOUT machining. I am NOT a machinist...I just find it odd/entertaining that you can get so many different "RIGHT" answers when you ask different machinists.
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well everything is in and hooked up , connected, rerouted, bolted,new instrument panel is in, driveshafts shortened, going to try and get out tomorrow and get the fluids, maybe Tuesday I try firing it off, wanted to long before now but life keeps getting in the way.
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Fired it off this morning little squirt of fuel in the carb wife turned the key & bang it was running,, at idle was pulling 80 psi oil pressure after 30 minute cam break in dropped to 70psi, I am using Royal Purple break in oil, should I be concerned about this high oil pressure?
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The 80 psi at cold tells me that's where the pump bypasses, and that's good.
I don't think you can tell about the 70 psi at idle yet. Even though you ran it 30 minutes, the oil may not have heated up enough to thin out and cause the pressure to drop to an expected level as there was no load on the engine.
I'd say, go out and drive 5 to 10 miles and see that the hot idle oil pressure is.
Well,..er...make sure there are no weird noises first. Just in case something is plugged up. i.e. valves clatter as no oil to heads
I don't think you can tell about the 70 psi at idle yet. Even though you ran it 30 minutes, the oil may not have heated up enough to thin out and cause the pressure to drop to an expected level as there was no load on the engine.
I'd say, go out and drive 5 to 10 miles and see that the hot idle oil pressure is.
Well,..er...make sure there are no weird noises first. Just in case something is plugged up. i.e. valves clatter as no oil to heads