[SOLVED] Oil pressure "thing" in filter housing? how to remove???

[Sandst4rm]

Anybody know how to take apart this ball and spring valve thingo?

Thanks

 

[shane_3800]

That appears to be a press fit.

It's a pressure relief valve, why do you need to screw around with it? low oil pressure?

 

[Immortality]

As above, it's press fit and it punches out from the back side of the extension housing.

It's a bypass valve for the oil filter, it's allows oil to bypass the filter when the pressure differential across the filter gets to great.

 

[Sandst4rm]

Was low pres at startup before i started rebuilding the engine, I know you can change the bigger relief valve spring to ecotec to get more oil pres... wanted to check this while im in there.

 

[shane_3800]

You don't need more pressure if you have a pressure drop, you either need more restriction, IE bearing clearance (less) or more pump flow.

 

[Immortality]

A weak oil pressure spring will show lower than normal pressures but then maybe it also had bad bearings etc?