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Re: 261 oil pressure too high whiskey runner #971989 09/16/2013 10:15 AM
Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 872 PA P pfarber Shop Shark
pfarber Shop Shark P Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 872 PA	What weight oil are you using? Manual says 20 weight (all my 40s TMs use 30 weight). Using something like 15W40 is like molasses at start up... will show higher pressure, but its still much to thick.

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261 oil pressure too high	whiskey runner	08/16/2013 6:07 PM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	12 Port	08/18/2013 12:58 AM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	truckernix	08/18/2013 8:06 AM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	whiskey runner	08/21/2013 8:25 AM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	truckernix	08/21/2013 8:44 AM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	51 ashton	08/21/2013 12:44 PM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	whiskey runner	08/21/2013 8:55 AM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	tclederman	08/21/2013 9:19 AM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	tclederman	08/21/2013 12:54 PM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	whiskey runner	09/12/2013 6:45 PM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	pfarber	09/12/2013 8:19 PM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	tclederman	09/12/2013 9:01 PM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	pfarber	09/13/2013 9:59 AM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	Roy Rodgers	09/12/2013 8:51 PM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	brokenhead	09/13/2013 7:03 AM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	SWEET	09/13/2013 10:17 AM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	brokenhead	09/13/2013 10:07 PM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	whiskey runner	09/14/2013 11:02 AM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	whiskey runner	09/14/2013 7:42 PM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	51 ashton	09/17/2013 6:32 AM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	brokenhead	09/14/2013 8:25 PM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	whiskey runner	09/14/2013 9:26 PM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	whiskey runner	09/14/2013 9:29 PM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	pfarber	09/16/2013 10:15 AM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	Roy Rodgers	09/16/2013 4:10 PM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	pfarber	09/16/2013 4:40 PM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	Flxible	09/16/2013 5:25 PM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	tclederman	09/16/2013 8:38 PM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	whiskey runner	09/16/2013 8:39 PM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	Roy Rodgers	09/16/2013 9:09 PM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	brokenhead	09/17/2013 6:09 AM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	whiskey runner	09/17/2013 7:19 AM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	tclederman	09/17/2013 7:51 AM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	pfarber	09/19/2013 12:06 PM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	whiskey runner	09/21/2013 10:32 AM
Re: 261 oil pressure too high	whiskey runner	01/22/2014 5:54 PM

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