Subject: The Eldo's Woes
Author: Greg Field
Date: Jun 8, 2004, 8:04 PM
Post ID: 1716934678
Since it's warmed up aroundd here, my Eldo's been losing oil presssure
when fully hot. It goes right up to pop-off pressure of 60 psi when
cold but slowly drops as the oil heats up to 37 psi at 80 mph on the
freeway, when fully hot. That doesn't seem like a safe pressure to me.
Any opinions on this, given that I need to ride it to the National in
two weeks, through some ferly hot country?
Stuck one of those thermometer dipsticks in there today, and it hit 105
C after less than 10 miles on the freeway. That seems kinda high, so
I'm wondering if the crux of the problem is excessive oil temp, rather
than excessive clearance in one of my bearings. Everytime I've seen
heat problems before, they were caused by excessive blow-by and
consequent oil puking out the breather. This Eldo does not drip or puke
oil out the breather, even after extended runs of 85-90 mph, so I can't
believe it's blowby.
Anyone have any ideas? Running 20-50 AMSOIL.
Now, I put the extended sump from my LeMans on there and hope to get
out for a ride in an hour or so to see if that makes any difference. I
also changed out the pop-off valve for a known good one.
GF