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I'm running a rebuilt oil pump, stock replacement Melling parts, on my 440. When hot, oil pressure is around 13psi. It will hit 55psi when romping on it. No issues, no clattering. Deep sump pan with 10w-30. Never had the oil light even flicker, even when racing it.

...I had it ready to fire up today. My buddy and I worked on it Saturday and today and got the 440 engine running, only to find we had no oil pressure. I had tried priming it with my power drill, and foiund it only had a slight resistance when spinning CCW, and none when spinning CW. I know the...

...3.5 screen is working (they are on the same cable). 5. It doesn't stay running for more than a 30-45 seconds. 6. Biggest issue; NO OIL PRESSURE... this is a brand new crate engine so I believe that its not a mechanical issue per se. I am running a remote oil filter and I removed that and...

This all leads to the possibility of a crack in the p/u tube threads

Too high? Cold, no. What is warm idle pressure/45mph pressure? I like a 40-45lb idle warm, and 60-65 down the road. 75 at road speed wouldn't bother me. That looks to be about a 7-8qt pan (+filter). I'd run 7qts, including filter. I would absolutely ignore the fill line on the dipstick. The...

Hmm, never heard of the Gibbs before, but, I'll be happy to look into it. Being in PA, which the summers can get quite warm, I'm leaning towards 5 quarts of the 10w-30 (and no Lucas additive). Seeing how I probably should use conventional vs. synthetic blend products, such as the Brad Penn /...

No pics of the hybrid, but have been getting pieces back on. Plug wires done, spun up oil pressure, set the distributor in after getting the engine on TDC, started making battery cables, hooking up starter wires, alt belt on, fan on, new t-stat in, headers on with some longer bolts, fuel lines...

Unfortunately the key question in these situations is: "Hmmm now what stupid thing did I do here?" When you have the time elapse between starting and finishing it gets more likely. When I started putting my engine back together a few years back I couldn't remember what I'd done with my...

Yeah…. If I had one. Mopar Action had an article years back…Ehrenberg had two AA batteries in series he used to test gauges. I can’t find any damaged wires. I pulled the bulkhead plugs and cleaned them with DeOxit and a wire brush. They got blown out and filled with dielectric grease. No...

I think the answer to your question is no. The priming oil pressure will not reflect operating oil pressure, if that is your question.

Engine bay is kinda busy looking, but no way around it. I'll work on getting it neater after it's running. Next is to crank it over to check for spark, then reprime the oil pump and check oil pressure. Also install new valve cover gaskets & hardware

And there was no obvious cause. So far everything that’s been leaky I’ve been fixing was the result of loose bolts. No one has bothered to go over this motor in a very long time it appears and suddenly I start driving it often. Now I have lots of fail points to run down. Oil pressure while...

I used a sealer on mine and I have to say that I really screwed up by doing that. It looked great at first, all shiny over the burnished and light gray dyed concrete. The problem is that oil etc gets through the sealer and than you can't get the oil stain out. I should have used some sort of...

Recently my 200,000 Grand Cheeroke lost nearly all its oil pressure. Read 6 psi on the gauge. Sounded fine. Towed it home. The 3.6 engine uses a cartridge style filter, so it makes inspection easy. Pulled the filter to inspect for debris in case there was engine damage. Zero debris, but it...

I "think" it is there but won't know until I pull the pan which I am not looking forward too, its a pretty tight fit.

Probably wouldn't run it if it was an actual airplane!? Bunching up a car motor is one thing.. aero not so cool

Hi guys. Have another build on the go. This time a 360 LA 72 block. Without all the details, some brief history is as follows. 10.5:1 KB, all new and machined parts. Block is one that I've had kicking around for some 10+ years. Originally it had 8:1 and mild cam. Was a short block for sure as...

Up for sale is a New Mopar Performance oil pump. Part number is P4286590. Application is for a big block. High volume regular pressure. No attempt was made to install it. Includes gasket & O-ring. $75 + $20 shipping in the 48 states...

Doesn’t the breather exhaust to the air cleaner, under positive pressure versus a vacuum on the PCV. I would think the breather has more chance of getting oil vapors into the air cleaner. This is what I needed to know as well. If they fail open, then I don’t need cold start warm up, but I do...

I run VR1 straight 30 in the winter and straight 40 in the summer in my 400 with 140k miles, it likes it. No cold start issues, builds 80 pounds idling cold and 20 idling hot. From my experience 10w30 is too thin for a stock big block, the oil pressure drops to 0 on hard launches when it's too...