Plant Fitter
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I am trying to sort out a problem with a Perkins 6.306. It is in an old Chamberlain 306 tractor, but I guess the problem could be common to other applications of the same engine. I believe the engine is much the same as the 6.354.
When it is left for more than a day or so, it takes a long time to pick up oil pressure after startup, sometimes it takes 30 or 40 seconds of idling.
When it does pick up, it has good oil pressure.
If started up within a few hours of being run, it picks up oil pressure after only a couple of seconds like you would expect.
The problem began to appear after the last oil and filter change. The previous filter was so old that there was no numbers left on it to identify it. It was replaced at the oil change with a Sakura C1121 (Ryco Z9 equivalent). I suspected that the Sakura filter maybe didn't have an anti drain back valve, so swapped it with a Wix 51515, which I am told has an anti drain back valve inside it. However the problem is still happening.
The engine runs very well and I would hate to see it ruined from dry starts.
Anybody else ever seen this before? Anybody got any ideas?
When it is left for more than a day or so, it takes a long time to pick up oil pressure after startup, sometimes it takes 30 or 40 seconds of idling.
When it does pick up, it has good oil pressure.
If started up within a few hours of being run, it picks up oil pressure after only a couple of seconds like you would expect.
The problem began to appear after the last oil and filter change. The previous filter was so old that there was no numbers left on it to identify it. It was replaced at the oil change with a Sakura C1121 (Ryco Z9 equivalent). I suspected that the Sakura filter maybe didn't have an anti drain back valve, so swapped it with a Wix 51515, which I am told has an anti drain back valve inside it. However the problem is still happening.
The engine runs very well and I would hate to see it ruined from dry starts.
Anybody else ever seen this before? Anybody got any ideas?