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RE: Oil problem

By John - 09/28/2002 10:34:32 PM; IP 142.177.82.61

It sounds like you really don't have any oil pressure. It may be one of the press-in plugs became dislodged. Or, one of the cam retaining bolts became loose. Remember that with a drill, the dist is not installed and you will lose some oil pressure around the feed for the dist lubrication. It doesn't take much oil pressure to keep bearings alive if you aren't hard on the engine, so you may have caught things in time to avoid a lot of $$. I suspect that you have the dubious pleasure of dismantling things till you find a problem. Personally I suspect a cam retaining plate bolt has loosened. that could even be the tick you heard...hitting on the large sprocket, or probably a lifer as the oil pressure is actually low. "Intermittent" sounds like a screw loose vs a plug coming out. With the pan off and a mini-light (one of those ones on the end of a thin flexible shaft), you can see up there to check, or take the front cover off. Sounds like you have a bit of elbow grease ahead of you, but no major pain money-wise except gaskets.

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Oil problem -- Bob Sprowl, 09/28/2002

RE: Oil problem -- John, 09/28/2002

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Thanks for the follow-up. -- Dave Shoe, 10/08/2002

RE: Thanks for the follow-up. -- Bob Sprowl, 10/08/2002