escort cosworth oil pressure??????
11-09-2010, 09:36 PM
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escort cosworth oil pressure??????
where should the oil pressure gauge read on an escort cosworth on idle & when revved/driven?????
when warm its sitting at top of the red on gauge but goes up when revved??? also i has a noisey tappet when warm but ok when cold. is this ok??????
i have very thin oil in the car that was only fitted for a flush, its ford main dealer oil & is only 5/30, will get this changed 2morra for some 10/60 & see if it helps???
when warm its sitting at top of the red on gauge but goes up when revved??? also i has a noisey tappet when warm but ok when cold. is this ok??????
i have very thin oil in the car that was only fitted for a flush, its ford main dealer oil & is only 5/30, will get this changed 2morra for some 10/60 & see if it helps???
11-09-2010, 09:41 PM
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where should the oil pressure gauge read on an escort cosworth on idle & when revved/driven?????
when warm its sitting at top of the red on gauge but goes up when revved??? also i has a noisey tappet when warm but ok when cold. is this ok??????
i have very thin oil in the car that was only fitted for a flush, its ford main dealer oil & is only 5/30, will get this changed 2morra for some 10/60 & see if it helps???
when warm its sitting at top of the red on gauge but goes up when revved??? also i has a noisey tappet when warm but ok when cold. is this ok??????
i have very thin oil in the car that was only fitted for a flush, its ford main dealer oil & is only 5/30, will get this changed 2morra for some 10/60 & see if it helps???
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11-09-2010, 11:25 PM
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Post in the General Discussion section of www.escortrscosworth.com and you will get every answer you need mate 
12-09-2010, 12:22 AM
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might make you think twice about your oil grade choice mate
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12-09-2010, 10:22 AM
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Just to put a cat among the pigeons what about mineral, I used COMMA 20W50 MINERAL oil for 50,000 miles in my cossie, which I took apart at 200,973 miles to find the crank 100% UNWORN, it went back together with the 200K mile old thrust bearings as they were the old sort, lead copper and not all steel, crank didn't really need it at all but had a polish for good measure, last mot at 200K were 0.97 % CO, 137ppm.
The shells were witnessed by opposite lock, I dug one out the bin in the garage to show him, totally ok.
The trouble is how people treat their oil imo never thrashing the car with a lot of them getting the oil really hot, enough to burn off contaminants, which do the damage.
I'd happily use Millers 10W60.
tabetha
The shells were witnessed by opposite lock, I dug one out the bin in the garage to show him, totally ok.
The trouble is how people treat their oil imo never thrashing the car with a lot of them getting the oil really hot, enough to burn off contaminants, which do the damage.
I'd happily use Millers 10W60.
tabetha
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