In my poly I wasn't paying attention on a long trip.
Ran it to bout 3 1/2 quarts low.
Much later pulled engine to replace it.
It hand aluminum mail bearings in fine shape.
David
Hello!
I had the same thing with my son. He thought the oil pressure gauge was a oil level gauge. I hopped in and drove it and panicked at NO Presssure. I had to add 4 qts! I had treated it with a similar product, no longer available, and there was no damage.
Heaven only knows how long it had been empty. I use Slick 50 on vehicles I feel are at risk, aka grandkids car, or getting old and fragile. (It won't work on me though.)
It's very normal for pressure to drop at idle and with synthetics it really gets low at idle. As long as it comes up under operating speeds I wouldn't worry. I imagine you are around 20psi at that point on the gauge. Just drive it and don't worry :-)
Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
===================================================================================================================================
On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Stephen Andrachek
<s.andrachek@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
My engine does the same thing. Its a 440 Mopar. The Max Wedge engine I had in 1969 did the same thing. After talking to some very knowlegable people about my problem with low oil pressure when the engine is hot, I was told this is a very common problem and
just not to worry about it.
I had the bearings in my engine CAT coated. This is a substance that looks a lot like graphite but can withstand much more heat and pressure. Like buying an insurance policy for your engine.
Get a can of "Slick 50" and the next time you change oil add the Slick 50 to the oil. I have heard stories about people having their oil changed at gas stations or oil changing places where they forgot to put the drain plug back in. One lady had her car's
oil changed and when she left the station the oil light was on. She drove 10 miles and the light was still on so she turned around and went back to the station. Sure enough, no oil in the engine and she drove 20 miles without hurting it because her husband
had put Slick 50 in the engine. You only have to do it once. The woman was married to a guy I work with so I'm pretty sure the story is true.
Chick
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacob Fox" <imfast101@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "1962 to 1965 Mopar" <1962to1965mopars@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 10:28 AM
Subject: Oil pressure
So after getting my motor good and hot, after driving, at idle my oil pressure gauge shows at the second line from left. I'm including a pic...let me know if it's too small ima make it small for people without cable. I just wanna know if that's not good. It
comes up a Bit while driving or giving gas. It doesn't have pressures on it so idk what pressure that line is. I figured someone would know what that is...and if that's good or not. Thanks in advance!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sent from my iPhone
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
--
--
Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. That is, send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This
practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks!
1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines:
http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and
http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html.
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group.
http://groups.google.com/group/1962to1965mopars?hl=en.
Back to the Home of the Forward Look Network