Not sure but! I see white and think water!
What pan are you using by the way?
It is not watery, more milky and blends with the oil .
It is a 7 quart aftermarket pan. Probably a Moroso or 440 source pan. not sure.
Not sure but! I see white and think water!
What pan are you using by the way?
It is not watery, more milky and blends with the oil .
It is a 7 quart aftermarket pan. Probably a Moroso or 440 source pan. not sure.
Last week it did not have oil pressure, I primed it with a drill and got pressure, drove it for 5-10 minutes and all was good. I then went back this week to go for a drive and after 10-20 seconds of idling I saw no pressure so I shut it down. no weird noises.So did you ever fire it with the current issue?
Last week it did not have oil pressure, I primed it with a drill and got pressure, drove it for 5-10 minutes and all was good. I then went back this week to go for a drive and after 10-20 seconds of idling I saw no pressure so I shut it down. no weird noises.
IMO those metal wires would be enough to lock the pump down. I would be inspecting the female hex in the pump, the oil pump drive shaft and drive shaft gear, the camshaft gear, the female slot in the camshaft gear and the male slot on the distributor shaft. I believe you will find a failure "somwhere" between "all that".
I've seen worse pump internals that just gobbled up the trash and embedded it in the rotor or idler. Huge radial scars, crap in filters thats pretty big. Hardened valve seals comes to mind...like little black pieces of coal. This thing is backed with some torque. Id think that pump would power right over that wire, embed it for sure but not lock it up and round a 5/16 hex? Show us the carnage of the powertrain to the pump if that is what happened. I think the weak point would have to be the hex drive but it has no where to go to "round off"...? Does that pickup sit absolutely flat on the bottom of the pan? Mystery deepens.....IMO those metal wires would be enough to lock the pump down. I would be inspecting the female hex in the pump, the oil pump drive shaft and drive shaft gear, the camshaft gear, the female slot in the camshaft gear and the male slot on the distributor shaft. I believe you will find a failure "somwhere" between "all that".
I would hope that the oil filter would catch any other wires that were picked up. If they are in the motor, I am screwed. I have not cut open the filter yet. I may do that later this week. When visually inspecting the cylinder bores from below all looks good.
THISI think it's just condensation that's not gotten hot enough to evaporate.
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Kent what I was getting at earlier is inspecting the distributor gear ON THE CAM as well as the intermediate gear/ shaft. There is "nothing" that should stop that pump besides breakage. MAKE SURE there is not a broken drive pin on your intermediate shaft
All he needs to do is twist the pickup a little in the block and lift it off the floor of the pan. He doesn't need to bend anything. It's not crucial the pickup be perfectly parallel with the bottom of the pan.I would increase the gap in between the pickup screen to oil pan sump, to the max. The flex of the pan could be enough to draw upwards closing off the pickup screen. Me I would heat the pick up tube and bend it accordingly.
I like those pickup mods, Kent. Looks good. Glad you got pressure back. Stuff like that is disconcerting to say the least.
Me too! That could have ended really badly and it didn't! I sure am glad and I KNOW you are!Thanks
I am glad I was watching the oil pressure upon startup. I should be good now
I had a pickup break at the threads and the oil pressure was lower at first then bounced around. I shut it off, I was at the track. It wasn’t broken completely off, but broke completely when I moved it around removing the pan. The oil pickup tube was from 440 source, 440 source sells some really good products and I am grateful that they exist, but their oil pickup are not as good as the Milodon pickups. Another thing…. Did you leave anything in the pan like a rag that would get sucked into the pickup? Stewart Warner makes a warning light/buzzer for low oil pressure and high temp, I put one on the car after that.