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oil pressure relief valve - old 3-piece type

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Old 04-12-2007, 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill
Since you have gone to all the effort to remove your oil cooler housing, why don't you just install the upgraded 1 piece valve? I just resealed my cooler housing on my 86 and upgraded to the one piece valve.

On a side note, make sure you have the oil cooler housing alignment tool. It needs to be in place BEFORE you torque the housing bolts. If the housing is not aligned properly, you run the risk of the oil pressure valve binding. If it binds, it will affect your oil pressure.
That is what happened to my 88 NA, a "porsche specialist" did not use the alignment tool, they installed the housing, installed the OPRV, then tightened the housing (they assumed that is sufficient enough for alignment), exactly 1 year down the road, zero oil pressure on the free way. By the time i moved from the fast lane to the emergency lane, the engine died, now the engine doesn't turn at all (siezed rod bearing/main bearing, cylinders are great).



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