fla1976

The only time I saw oil being forced out of a dipstick tube was on a Ford 302. The head gasket had blown and it was forcing compression pressure through an oil passage and pressurizing the crankcase. The car was in for a bad alternator. The dipstick tube was filling the alternator with oil, burning it out. A compression check located the bad cylinder, and a new head gasket and alternator fixed the problem.

Slngsht727

I have a great memory... just short. I had forgotten this. The first time we drove it around the block I saw smoke coming from under the hood. When I popped the hood, the oil filler was out and the dip stick looked like it had overflowed. I checked the oil and it was almost a quart over full. Seems that during assembly they did some pre lube, then poured in five quarts after installing the engine sometime later. I drained off less than a quart. At that point it had been driven 24 miles. I don't think it's overflowed from the dip stick since.

Slngsht727

I relaced a Fram PH30 with same.

fast75vega

stay away from them orange filters....... they can be deadly to a race engine

Slngsht727

I think I'm going to try a new oil pressure sender and gage. Might be getting a bad reading if one of those are bad.

roadkill2

Try one at a time . . Then you not only will fix the problem (if it does) but you'll know what you fixed . .

TheYellaBrick

Orange filters discussion:

http://forums.racingjunk.com/viewtop...am+oil+filters :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Slngsht727

Okay, so I had an extra sender in the drawer and decided to start with that. Swapped them out and fired it up. The oil pressure was about 35 psi. What a relief! I'm going to read about the orange filters. Thank you to everyone that responded.

fast75vega

i was figuring u were running an aftermarket oil pressure gauge and line..... lol

Slngsht727

Yep, that's my idea of trouble shooting... just keep throwing money at it until it works!

For a minute there, I thought I had me a new 350 Chevy boat anchor.