Oil problems still
02-18-2009, 09:39 PM
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Oil problems still ok guys some more ****....oil problems...
ok i bout the car it had oil pressure rising and falling...the sending unit was cracked.......i set the valves and replaced it ...the oil psi was fine and when i set the valves it had oil shooting out the pr's ....
so everyhting seemed fine i drove it around for a while kinda getting on it being easy on it....i took it buy my mechanics shop and when i left i took of hard and in secound gear my check gauges light came on no oil psi....so i costed to the house pulled the covers and no oil in the pr's..
i had used cheap oil to get her tested out so ...what can be my problem ...when i bought the car he sail pump but i replaced the sending unit and it had oil pressure ....he said the pickup tbe came off and ruined the pump.....what do you guys think ...the motor screwed and but a new long block or try and replace the pump ...whats your input
ok i bout the car it had oil pressure rising and falling...the sending unit was cracked.......i set the valves and replaced it ...the oil psi was fine and when i set the valves it had oil shooting out the pr's ....
so everyhting seemed fine i drove it around for a while kinda getting on it being easy on it....i took it buy my mechanics shop and when i left i took of hard and in secound gear my check gauges light came on no oil psi....so i costed to the house pulled the covers and no oil in the pr's..
i had used cheap oil to get her tested out so ...what can be my problem ...when i bought the car he sail pump but i replaced the sending unit and it had oil pressure ....he said the pickup tbe came off and ruined the pump.....what do you guys think ...the motor screwed and but a new long block or try and replace the pump ...whats your input
02-18-2009, 09:54 PM
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o and one more thing....the guides in the head gasket were torn up when i loosened up the rocker the pr fell and when i tried to pull it out it fell and rolled down to the cornere of the head....what do i do now lol .... i have bad luck i guess or ima dumb ***...the gasket was messed u p from the loose rockers..can i drive it if its in the corner or what do i do to get it out.
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02-18-2009, 10:34 PM
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so i costed to the house pulled the covers and no oil in the pr's..
are none of them oiling?
I'd imagine something mechanical then along the lines of pump, drive gear, pickup, etc
02-18-2009, 10:49 PM
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What I think is happening is you have some sludge in the oil pan and when you get down on it it sucks up on the screen stopping oil flow. I had a durango doing the same thing as you explain sometimes good psi sometimes none I put 2 sending units in that bad boy and a mechanical gauge. Finally got pissed and pulled the pan to find some crap that looked like broken charcoal all over the pickup screen(oil sludge) Also this stuff never came out when doing a oil change.
02-18-2009, 10:55 PM
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On an LT1 with the intake on? No other way. On a LT1 with the intake off, or an other distributor SBC, with an oil pump primer tool and a powerful drill 
You pull the oil pan off yet? Know anyone with a borescope? If no to the first, yes to the second, you could drain the oil and stick it in the drain hole to see if the pickup fell off. If not, then you'll have to either pull it off or find a really strong magnet and see if you can get the pickup to drag across the bottom of the pan, assuming it is fallen off. And mind you, if you drag the magnet directly against the pan, you'll get sound from it and won't be able to tell which is making noise.
You pull the oil pan off yet? Know anyone with a borescope? If no to the first, yes to the second, you could drain the oil and stick it in the drain hole to see if the pickup fell off. If not, then you'll have to either pull it off or find a really strong magnet and see if you can get the pickup to drag across the bottom of the pan, assuming it is fallen off. And mind you, if you drag the magnet directly against the pan, you'll get sound from it and won't be able to tell which is making noise.
02-18-2009, 11:05 PM
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There's a thread on here that tells you how w/o removing the motor. What I remember from it is you need to pull the bolt from the motor mounts and then jack up the motor, which will give you enough pan-to-crossmember clearance to remove it. And get the one piece Fel-Pro rubber oil pan gasket (it's bright blue).