RE: oil pressure

[Tom Watters <tomwatters@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had a brand new pump go out on me before.  It locked solid, sheared
the intermediate shaft right off.  It did it while the car was warming
up one morning during winter, while I was inside eating breakfast.  So I
didnt catch it in time.

I created my own shaft to prime after I rebuilt the engine from the mess
that caused.  Bad lesson, but always make sure you have full pressure.

Maybe enough stuff floated out of the oil ports in your engine to clog
your oil pickup.  Check pressure with drill, if no pressure, may have to
pull the pump.  Open it up, if no gunk in there, then the pickup tube
and pickup would be next to check.  Good luck.



On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:14:03 -0700 (PDT), "george smith"
<bt6t4@xxxxxxxxx> said:
> 
> Do not use plastic tubing from the sending unit to the
> gauge! Use copper. I had plastic tubing yrs. ago on my
> 69 RR and it blew.Luckily I caught it in time.
> --- "Earl H. " <earlh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Good advice from Dave... Also, get a drill - pull
> > the dist out - and 
> > make sure you have oil pressure with the drill
> > BEFORE you fire the 
> > engine again. If you don't have a tool for spinning
> > the pump up, buy 
> > one, at this point it would be a good investment.
> > When and if you figure 
> > this out, I would also cut the oil filter apart and
> > check it for debris.
> > Since 
> > this is a new engine, you will have some metal in
> > it, but it should not 
> > be a lot.
> > 
> > Earl
> > 
> > Well, rule #1, if you don't KNOW you have oil
> > pressure, don't rev the thing
> > to 3 grand. I had a new oil pump that wasn't giving
> > any pressure once on my
> > 413. The bypass valve was stuck from sitting on the
> > shelf. You might check
> > that said valve is operating properly in your pump
> > (there's a hex plug on
> > the housing through which you can access it, but it
> > can get messy). The
> > bypass valve is basically a piston with a spring
> > behind it. Make sure the
> > piston can travel freely.
> > 
> > Dave Casey
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "harry skalla" <moweepea@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 4:22 PM
> > Subject: oil pressure
> > 
> > 
> > >
> > > Clear DayHi all, this one has got me.I don't have
> > any oil pressure!! 
> > > Engine has about 60-70miles on it,(440 block) and
> > the oil pressure was 
> > > good. Idle about 20 lbs, cold it would go to about
> > 60-70 lbs. Yesterday I 
> > > started it up to wash it, and noticed there was no
> > oil pressure. I checked
> > 
> > > the line and it had cracked, so I replaced the
> > line , still no pressure, 
> > > so I got another gauge, nothing. If I rev it up to
> > about 3 grand it goes 
> > > to about 25 lbs. Also the little plastic tubing,
> > just has spots of oil, I 
> > > mean there will be some oil an maybe a space and
> > then some more oil, not a
> > 
> > > steady stream of oil in the tube.  Any ideas? 
> > Could it be the pump? The 
> > > engine doesn't sound any different then it did
> > before, still sounds strong
> > 
> > > and no clatter  What's up?? Oil pump is new, it is
> > a high volume  pump...
> > >
> > >          64 Dodge 440
> > >
> > >
> > > Butch
> > >
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> George
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