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Old 07-10-2011, 04:11 PM   #1
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Been tinkering with my 68 and got it to quit overheating and ran hot wire from the distributor and my dad drove it for a couple minutes and got on it a little bit and we lost oil pressure it has oil pressure when you rev it but at idle its zero... its a built 350 double humps 292 501 cam high volume oil pump.. any idea what it maybe
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Old 07-10-2011, 04:48 PM   #2
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if you have a high volume pump, with a stock pan, you could be sucking the pan dry if the level is a tick low.
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Old 07-10-2011, 07:27 PM   #3
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what kind of pan would i need...
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Old 07-10-2011, 09:22 PM   #4
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if you have a high volume pump, with a stock pan, you could be sucking the pan dry if the level is a tick low.
not at idle he shouldnt....
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Old 07-11-2011, 03:59 PM   #5
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not at idle he shouldnt....
You are 100% right... I didn't read it properly. I thought it was going to zero when he got on it...
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Old 07-10-2011, 09:55 PM   #6
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How are you measuring the pressure? If by the dash Gage then it's time for a second to assess the dash accuracy.
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Old 07-11-2011, 09:33 PM   #7
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no once its not idleing its got pressure but i have a new gauge wired up i bought at advance
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