Daverods 52

[99 to Life]

ahhhhh, been in your shoes kinda. My previous engine (one I put in when I started building my 51') was just a stock engine that I put a cam and intake on yada yada. Thing never had good oil pressure to begin with. I ended up flooding it out a ton because somehow the main vacuum port in the back of my carb got unscrewed. Couldn't figure that out till I switched carbs. It slowly ran worse and eventually blew a main, my oil when squirting right up and over my fenders all over the garage in the dead of winter. SOOOOOOO..... it will feel like it will never get done, but I assure you it will. I am actually sooo glad that happened to me, cause now I know what to look for and I rebuilt my current engine, all but the crank and mains hey time was a factor. I like it and understand it more now. I'm working on a vortec engine too, so hopefully I'll swap them out next year.

Anyway, I'd just take the engine out, pop the heads, make sure your threads are good in the block, put new gaskets in and put more sealant on your threads. I used the white stuff and my buddy just uses rtv black high temp silicon, that stuff is nice and thick, but hard to clean outta threads. Maybe change your oil. Also use break in additive if you have to break the cam in, sux cause all that oil and additive is money wasted if you got water and anti freeze in it.

keep us posted and good luck, your truck will be awesome.