So a car is brought to me with a motor that was just rebuilt and has no oil pressure. Pull out the motor found the problem and put it back in. Perfect oil pressure, I let it idle for about 30 min to get all air out of coolant system and while i clean up the garage. Still perfect. Go for a test drive and it starts knocking REAL bad. Get back check rockers, all tight. Pull the motor yesterday and one rod cap is about halfway off. The rest are only finger tight.
WOW, just WOW.
Red 98 SUX2BU SS 11.04@121.69 with bolt ons RIP
2003 White Diamond Escalade ESV AWD Long tubes, Comp cam 224/230 .581" .591" 114 lsa w/ dual springs, CAI, pulley, 05' E-fans, dual cut outs, Yank PT3200, Transgo shift kit, Billet 4th gear servo, Vette 2nd gear servo 8.976@77.16 MPH
TSP motor?
Gone, but not forgotten!
+1 im definately going to LME after all the horror stories from tspOriginally Posted by SCIV
LME is allright but if ur goi g to drive all the way from houston might as well go to HKE and get an even better motor IMO
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thats why people should use a checklist or a certain metod to do things like that instead of doing it all by memory...
thats what we do when we build engines out here... it takes only 2 seconds to get distracted and forget that you only put them on hand tight instead of torqueing them down
sprayedenali: i like catching, but not fishinglol...I wish you would never paint your truck...I bet it bugs them that much more that a primered up truck just soggied his Wheaties. good job buddy
DBTBSS: bring Tyler... we need someone to make fun of
MidnightRider: your right im gay
DamnYankee: my nana failed
DamnYankee: confused...if it can't keep up to begin with, how can it keep up
mitch cobb racing: ya, allen played with it for a while, HUGE difference
what was wrong with the motor?cause my motor was just rebuilt and did the same thing.how long did it take for you to fix it?cause my truck has been in the shop for three weeks now.hahaha. bad thing about it is the "mechanic"doesnt even want to answer my calls anymore
Well the no oil pressure was due to a ripped oil pan gasket. All in all i've got maybe 10 hours into the car the first time and so far 4 hours this time with maybe 2 more to get it done. I work full time, go to school full time and am married full time so i can't just knock it out in one day.
From another thread.
Figured out what was wrong. The one on the right is what was in the car. The one on the left is an extra i had laying around.
Last edited by SUX2BU; 05-19-2009 at 02:59 PM.
Red 98 SUX2BU SS 11.04@121.69 with bolt ons RIP
2003 White Diamond Escalade ESV AWD Long tubes, Comp cam 224/230 .581" .591" 114 lsa w/ dual springs, CAI, pulley, 05' E-fans, dual cut outs, Yank PT3200, Transgo shift kit, Billet 4th gear servo, Vette 2nd gear servo 8.976@77.16 MPH
How does a bad pan gasket cause no oil pressure?
Oil filter is in the pan. So oil pressure goues from the pump on the front of the motor through the block then through one of those little holes in the gasket into the side of the pan. There it either goes through the filter or through a bypass then back up through the other little hole. If that part of the gasket is missing oil will just escape through there back into the pan.
Red 98 SUX2BU SS 11.04@121.69 with bolt ons RIP
2003 White Diamond Escalade ESV AWD Long tubes, Comp cam 224/230 .581" .591" 114 lsa w/ dual springs, CAI, pulley, 05' E-fans, dual cut outs, Yank PT3200, Transgo shift kit, Billet 4th gear servo, Vette 2nd gear servo 8.976@77.16 MPH
Engine builder to use in SE Texas is USA Race Engines near Hobby Airport in Houston.
aka The Wop Shop.
They are NOT cheap. But your engine WILL be done right.
They even have in house engine dyno.
Built my 351W for my stang for me. Threw it on the engine dyno
broke it in and knew it was making exactly 476hp.
2002 Tahoe 4.8 - soon to be turbo'd - SOLD
1989 Mustang - LX Vert - 351W-TT - 2inches of dust covering it
2012 Raptor - 497rwhp at 10psi
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