oil pressure drops at topend of the track
04-13-2013, 05:56 AM
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04-13-2013, 06:04 AM
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HERE we go !
https://millerspecialtools.spx.com/Detail.aspx?id=1042
Just ordered one, This place is cheaper than others by $20 but shipping is OUTA SIGHT ! :shock:
https://millerspecialtools.spx.com/Detail.aspx?id=1042
Just ordered one, This place is cheaper than others by $20 but shipping is OUTA SIGHT ! :shock:
04-13-2013, 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by TheYellaBrick
Originally Posted by curtisreed
You can take a large cotter key, put it in a vice and smash the loop end down into a T shape.
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08-13-2013, 03:36 PM
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I think I fixed the problem this weekend haven't had time to mess
With til now. The oil pressure gauge seems to have been the problem. Started changing out the gauge and found oil every where. The carpet under the gauge on the trans tunnel was covered. I can't find any
Leaks now but the housing of the gauge was coved with oil the line is not leaking. The pressure is staying more stable under rpm and back to idle no pressure drop when the rpm fall. I will try to make it to the track the weekend after next and see what it looks going down the track.
With til now. The oil pressure gauge seems to have been the problem. Started changing out the gauge and found oil every where. The carpet under the gauge on the trans tunnel was covered. I can't find any
Leaks now but the housing of the gauge was coved with oil the line is not leaking. The pressure is staying more stable under rpm and back to idle no pressure drop when the rpm fall. I will try to make it to the track the weekend after next and see what it looks going down the track.
08-13-2013, 06:01 PM
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oil pan issues
FYI
I had a 496 BBC that the tach welds broke on the "flapper" in the oil pan, I was not as fortunate as you, mine got caught under the pick up and starved the motor, I noticed the pressure was down but went back up, on the way to the pits .went to start it for the next run and :(, motor locked up, it was @ pinks all out too. It was a high quality pan and got zero customer satisfaction from the company. FYI
I had a 496 BBC that the tach welds broke on the "flapper" in the oil pan, I was not as fortunate as you, mine got caught under the pick up and starved the motor, I noticed the pressure was down but went back up, on the way to the pits .went to start it for the next run and :(, motor locked up, it was @ pinks all out too. It was a high quality pan and got zero customer satisfaction from the company. FYI
08-14-2013, 10:02 AM
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I am really hoping the gauge is all it was when I rev it up now climbs steady and when the rpm fall back to idle the psi never gets below 40. I just need to make a pass to get the motor under a load to say for sure.
08-14-2013, 10:36 AM
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oil "pisser"
Need to get the car in motion , or as engineers say "in dynamic configuration" (what ????) move the oil around, launch the car get the rpm up and the mph up, get that bad boy down the track and feed it some octanel and oil . Good Luck ,,,,,good chance that was the problem.
