RE: [Chrysler300] Chrysler 300 Hurst oil pressure

[john_nowosacki@xxxx]

I had this happen only one time on a 413 equipped car, when I changed the oil by driving the car up on ramps, and letting the oil drain out for a number of hours, as I got side-tracked by another project. The oil pump lost its prime, and therefore I had no pressure. I had to resolve this by removing the pump (luckily it's externally mounted) and packing it with Vaseline,then re-installing it. The gooey vaseline aided the pump in getting an initial re-prime, and all has been right with the world ever since.
I no longer wait this long before putting new oil back in, nor do I drive up on ramps to change it.
I recommend using a guage, just to be sure of how much/little pressure you have.
John

-----Original Message-----
From: annbarbq@xxxx [mailto:annbarbq@xxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 6:11 AM
To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: stephen.schieser@xxxx
Subject: [Chrysler300] Chrysler 300 Hurst oil pressure


I have a 300 Hurst with 77,044 miles on it. Drove it about 10 miles then 
changed the oil. I used 10W30 Valvoline oil and Ford Motorcraft FL-1A oil 
filter, the equivalent of Fram PH8A oil filter. Oil filter removed was FRAM PH8A.  
After changing the oil, the oil pressure light stayed on ( no oil pressure 
gauge on my car ). I replaced the oil pressure sending unit to the oil pressure 
light, but still the light stays on, so apparently no oil pressure?

Any suggestions on resolving this oil pressure problem? I considered 
removing oil pressure sending unit and installing mechanical oil pressure gauge to 
confirm no oil pressure. Also I talked to NAPA about a new oil pump - theysell 
a standard one, a high performance one, and a high performance and high 
volume. Which one to buy if it turns out to be a failed oil pressure pump?Thank 
you. Steve in Columbus, Ohio.


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