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Topic: wd oil pressure

Posted By: race tractor
Subject: wd oil pressure
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2016 at 11:43pm

I have a 1950 wd and the oil pressure gauge is always all the way up at idle or wide open until worm I used the tractor all the time for the last 3 years and ive blown 2 oil filters in 2 years ive used 5w30 oil 15w30 oil 5w20 it all makes high pressure any ideas are welcome

ps I don't need to fix it

Replies:

Posted By: EPALLIS
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2016 at 11:56pm

I never use 5w anything in a WD. Always used 10w30 with no issues for 25 years. Oil pressure gauge always end up between "ORM" in normal.

Posted By: race tractor
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2016 at 12:06am

I use 5w any thing more makes the oil filter blowup

Posted By: dawntreader74
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2016 at 12:59am

if it's blowing the filter' the little piston for oil is stuck' it's behind that large bolt on the side of the block' needs to be freed up.