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| Rebuilt FE should have better idle oil pressure |
| By mcj67 - 02/16/2001 10:50:09 AM; IP 12.78.122.83 |
Hey Terry
I still say something is not quite right, Fords are famous for lower oil pressure while ideling at operating tempatures, but it should be higher than 10 lbs. The measurments he gave you on the connecting rods are good, but I did not see where you listed what the cam bearing clearances were, or if your builder checked them when he installed the cam.
You should find something leaking internally (excessive- bearing clearance somewhere), or the oil pump is leaking where it mates to the block,or one of the oil gallie plugs is leaking, or the block is cracked at one of the oil galleries and is leaking internally.Once you rule out the oil pressure gauge as the problem, and have checked everything that you have access to, than it becomes a guessing game.
You will have to deside weather to pull it down to repair it or not
Do you drive it every day or just for show, will it idle in traffic for long periods of time?
It's a shame to have to tear it back down but if you want it right its starting to look like this is what may need to be done.
Depending on the indiviguwal, some people will not put the same amount of time, effort, or enthusiasum into a come back that they did in the inicial job, I am not saying that this builder will do this, it's just something else to take into consideration when desiding weather or not to pull it and tear it back down.
This is about all I can help you with. Good Luck, Mike Jones |
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