Thanks, Aeyn. I actually drove it from Jacksonville Florida to Washington D.C. when I bought it before I even knew about it. I just noticed along the way the oil pressure gauge was on the bottom of the "normal" range and it would begin to fall further under a hard acceleration. Tim --- aeyn <mr85000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > for your 73 Imperial: You might be able to beat the > dent out in > the meantime, until you replace it. You might be > able to > straighten up the pickup, but that should also be > replaced. This > happened to my 1972 Fury Custom Suburban's 400 and I > wound up > replacing the pan and the pickup. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR > IMPERIAL > UNTIL YOU HAVE FREED UP SOME SPACE IN THE PAN! You > could starve > the engine for oil. > > Æyn > > --- Tim Durrer <tdkd99@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > The oil pan on my '73 440 has a sizable dent dead > > center on the bottom. I also have low oil > pressure. My > > Dad seems to think the bottom of the pan may be > > pressed against the oil pick up screen. The > pressure > > also seems to drop when the engine speed is > increased. > > > > > > What do you guys think? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Tim Durrer > > 73 Blue Sky > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com > > ----------------- > > This message was sent to you by the Imperial > Mailing List. > > Please > > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your > response will > > be > > shared with everyone. Private messages (and > attachments) for > > the > > Administrators should be sent to > iml.webmonster@xxxxxxxxx > > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to > http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com > ----------------- > This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing > List. Please > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your > response will be > shared with everyone. Private messages (and > attachments) for the > Administrators should be sent to > iml.webmonster@xxxxxxxxx > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to > http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to iml.webmonster@xxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm