| Re: 302 failure - any opinions???
Gentlemen,
thank you all for the informative replies & thabk you to those that have helped me with pms. A quick inspection this morning revealed it's no 4 big end.
Jac Mac, thx for the extra info. The failure was toward the end of a 30 minute track session, looking at the video again very carefully it looks like oil pressure was just over 40 psi at the start of the session, but very slowly decreased over the 30 minute period. It's hard to see but it looks like oil pressure was around 35 psi at the time of failure.
Thinking back, there are some pretty long corners at Silverstone & whilst I was was marvelling at the amount of grip I had & enjoying some lateral G, I wonder if oil pressure was dropping momentarily (based on what some of you have said).
Anyhow looks like I'll be busy in the workshop for a while now. Frank, thx for the tip, I doubt very much if I'll re-use anything that looks even slightly iffy, the cost of the parts vs the fittingwork involved = a no-brainer!!
Jac Mac do you have any more info regard ing your comment on fitting an additional oil line from filter block to rear of main oil gallery??? Presumably you fit a take off behind the oil filter, but where do you tap into the main gallery??
Paul/Ross re the oil light, do you fit a tee in the block where the capilliary guage currently is & fit the electric switch in the tee?? thx for the links!
Regds to all, |