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RE: What about your oil pan? By Dano - 06/21/2004 5:50:55 PM; IP 67.50.230.202 Thanks for the reply Dave. My oil pump is a new stock one, and I am using a stock pan with a windage tray, putting in 6 quarts of oil. When we first started the engine up on the dyno, it idled for about a minute and the oil pressure started to fluctuate, we shut it down, restarted it and the same thing happened. So we added another quart of oil and from then on the pressure held steady, idling or under full load. We used 10-40 oil. We primed the engine the day before starting it up and I am thinking that the 5 quarts wasn't enough since all of the oil passages and rocker shafts had to be filled up, and the oil filter etc. That probably made the problem worse but I am still worried about starving the bottom end under sustained acceleration or high rpm use.

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Skip Navigation Links.  Oil flow problem -- Dano, 06/21/2004  What about your oil pan? -- Dave Shoe, 06/21/2004 RE: What about your oil pan? -- Dano, 06/21/2004  You've got a solid oiling system baseline. -- Dave Shoe, 06/21/2004  RE: You've got a solid oiling system baseline. -- giacamo, 06/22/2004  RE: You've got a solid oiling system baseline. -- Dano, 06/23/2004

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