Re: High oil pressure?

["Tony Sims" <simstony@domain.elided>]

>The Alfetta has developed a nasty habit of blowing the
>seal in its oil filter. Typically, this will happen
>about a week or so - maybe 100 + Klms - after she's
>had the oil filter changed.

>Till now we've been looking for issues in the filter
>housing, but with no luck. While driving her yesterday
>I happenned to notice that the oil pressure was
>occasionally getting up to 80psi and perhaps beyond -
>virtually off the scale!

Could this be caused by a jammed pressure relief in the oil pump?

Tony
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