Oil pressure

[Still runnin]

My 440 loses oil pressure when I run the crap out of it for just a couple seconds....80psi on startup holds 40-60 normally.if I stomp it it goes to 0 for 2 seconds and I can hear the top end rattle.....I was adding extra qt of oil...seamed to help some. Please help!!! 187 oil pan, modded hemi pickup tube.

 

[Professor Fate]

Did you baffle the pan?

 

[oldkimmer]

Did you baffle the pan?

Doesn’t sound like it. Kim

 

[Still runnin]

No it's just a factory 187 pan

 

[Still runnin]

Any pics of how to baffle a stock pan?

 

[Inertia]

I just repaired a cracked "modified" oil pick-up, that wasn't braced , its braced now !

 

[oldkimmer]

Here

 

[Still runnin]

Where those added?

 

[Professor Fate]

Any pics of how to baffle a stock pan?

A factory baffled 854 pan:

Take a look at various pans and how they're baffled, you can get as basic (above) as you need to, or as elaborate as you want (hinged/spring loaded doors, swinging pickups). The intent is all the same: keep the oil in the sump and not sloshing to the rear or sides, keeping the pickup covered.

 

[Professor Fate]

Ya got the drop on me, Kim!

 

[Still runnin]

Does any company sell a kit?

 

[Daves69]

There's this............

Mopar Restoration Oil Pan

 

[Still runnin]

Looks easy to make..are the diamond shaped for oil to drain in the sump?

 

[Professor Fate]

Make a couple of cardboard templates to duplicate what is shown above, cut sheet metal duplicates, and weld them in or have someone weld them in for you.

 

[oldkimmer]

Where those added?

No, it came factory installed. It’s a 6 pack/Hemi pan. Almost any baffle will work. Just has to clear the oil pick up. Is the oil pick up on the bottom of the pan? Factory ones are supposed to touch the bottom of the pan. Kim

 

[Still runnin]

No, it's about a 1/2 inch from the bottom.

 

[oldkimmer]

No, it's about a 1/2 inch from the bottom.

Well that’s sure not helping any. It needs to be touching the bottom. That’s how they are designed to work. Kim

 

[RustyRatRod]

Well that’s sure not helping any. It needs to be touching the bottom. That’s how they are designed to work. Kim

Absolutely correctamundo.

 

[famous bob]

Absolutely correctamundo.

not so fast , at a Chrysler seminar in OKC , back in the day , MR.Tom Hoover said that a hemi pickup should ideally be 3/8'' off the bottom .
The 1968 hemi I bought out of a 68 roadrunner didnt have it on the bottom from the factory .........

 

[Still runnin]

not so fast , at a Chrysler seminar in OKC , back in the day , MR.Tom Hoover said that a hemi pickup should ideally be 3/8'' off the bottom .
The 1968 hemi I bought out of a 68 roadrunner didnt have it on the bottom from the factory .........

I think if mine was flat on the bottom it wouldn't be able to suck anything because it is flat

 

[Still runnin]

Is this a common issue on the 187,699 pans?

 

[Dicer]

The OP is asking about his 440 not a hemi, if the pick-up screen is a "hooded type" the bottom should rest on the oil pan.

 

[Still runnin]

I have a modified hemi pickup

 

[Still runnin]

My short term fix is run 2 extra qts of oil and not hit the go pedal until I collect my parts!!!!

 

[Still runnin]

But I gotta drive it....