It would be prudent to replace the filter adaptor, just so your new plunger
can mate with a new bore and experience longer service life.

Earle

"Kirby" <jeff.d.kirby@lmco.com> wrote in message
news:1155138179.443243.62440@i3g2000cwc.googlegrou ps.com...
> Problem solved: the old bypass valve plunge was still stuck down in the
> filter adaptor. When I put the new one in it was sitting on top of the
> old one so that the oil had no where to go once it got into the filter.
> Whoops. Runs great now.
>
> Kirby wrote:
> > Just inserted a rebuilt 360 into my 75 Jeep Cherokee. Started up
> > great; except oil jets out of the top of the oil filter at the rate of
> > about a pint a second. My suspicion is that the oil pressure relief
> > valve is not opening. What accentuates my suspicion is that the
> > previous build did not have the valve installed...there was just a
> > spring in the sleeve where the valve goes.
> >
> > Is this a known issue? Is it common to not install the bypass valve?
> > Or, is there something wrong with the cylinder in my oil pump where the
> > bypass valve sits? Or do you think there's something else wrong
> > entirely?
> >
> > Any help is greatly appreciated. Cheers
>

 

It would be prudent to replace the filter adaptor, just so your new plunger
can mate with a new bore and experience longer service life.

Earle

"Kirby" <jeff.d.kirby@lmco.com> wrote in message
news:1155138179.443243.62440@i3g2000cwc.googlegrou ps.com...
> Problem solved: the old bypass valve plunge was still stuck down in the
> filter adaptor. When I put the new one in it was sitting on top of the
> old one so that the oil had no where to go once it got into the filter.
> Whoops. Runs great now.
>
> Kirby wrote:
> > Just inserted a rebuilt 360 into my 75 Jeep Cherokee. Started up
> > great; except oil jets out of the top of the oil filter at the rate of
> > about a pint a second. My suspicion is that the oil pressure relief
> > valve is not opening. What accentuates my suspicion is that the
> > previous build did not have the valve installed...there was just a
> > spring in the sleeve where the valve goes.
> >
> > Is this a known issue? Is it common to not install the bypass valve?
> > Or, is there something wrong with the cylinder in my oil pump where the
> > bypass valve sits? Or do you think there's something else wrong
> > entirely?
> >
> > Any help is greatly appreciated. Cheers
>

 

It would be prudent to replace the filter adaptor, just so your new plunger
can mate with a new bore and experience longer service life.

Earle

"Kirby" <jeff.d.kirby@lmco.com> wrote in message
news:1155138179.443243.62440@i3g2000cwc.googlegrou ps.com...
> Problem solved: the old bypass valve plunge was still stuck down in the
> filter adaptor. When I put the new one in it was sitting on top of the
> old one so that the oil had no where to go once it got into the filter.
> Whoops. Runs great now.
>
> Kirby wrote:
> > Just inserted a rebuilt 360 into my 75 Jeep Cherokee. Started up
> > great; except oil jets out of the top of the oil filter at the rate of
> > about a pint a second. My suspicion is that the oil pressure relief
> > valve is not opening. What accentuates my suspicion is that the
> > previous build did not have the valve installed...there was just a
> > spring in the sleeve where the valve goes.
> >
> > Is this a known issue? Is it common to not install the bypass valve?
> > Or, is there something wrong with the cylinder in my oil pump where the
> > bypass valve sits? Or do you think there's something else wrong
> > entirely?
> >
> > Any help is greatly appreciated. Cheers
>

 

You're lucky the oil filter can didn't blow off fifty miles from no
where. Probably the main reason the V8s have disappeared. Replace the
bump stop on that side.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Kirby wrote:
>
> Problem solved: the old bypass valve plunge was still stuck down in the
> filter adaptor. When I put the new one in it was sitting on top of the
> old one so that the oil had no where to go once it got into the filter.
> Whoops. Runs great now.

 

You're lucky the oil filter can didn't blow off fifty miles from no
where. Probably the main reason the V8s have disappeared. Replace the
bump stop on that side.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Kirby wrote:
>
> Problem solved: the old bypass valve plunge was still stuck down in the
> filter adaptor. When I put the new one in it was sitting on top of the
> old one so that the oil had no where to go once it got into the filter.
> Whoops. Runs great now.

 

You're lucky the oil filter can didn't blow off fifty miles from no
where. Probably the main reason the V8s have disappeared. Replace the
bump stop on that side.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Kirby wrote:
>
> Problem solved: the old bypass valve plunge was still stuck down in the
> filter adaptor. When I put the new one in it was sitting on top of the
> old one so that the oil had no where to go once it got into the filter.
> Whoops. Runs great now.

 

You're lucky the oil filter can didn't blow off fifty miles from no
where. Probably the main reason the V8s have disappeared. Replace the
bump stop on that side.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Kirby wrote:
>
> Problem solved: the old bypass valve plunge was still stuck down in the
> filter adaptor. When I put the new one in it was sitting on top of the
> old one so that the oil had no where to go once it got into the filter.
> Whoops. Runs great now.