one more thing!

[dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

John, thanks for the suggestion.  This engine was actually rebuilt by the 
previous owner, about 10 years ago but only 20K miles.  Again, the reason of 
the unusual oil pressure reading was that the oil was diluted with gas due to 
the carb problems, loosing its viscosity.  Also, the reading of the stock oil 
gage needs to be taken with a grain of salt.  My (high mileage) sedan was 
showing very low readings at times making me nervous.  So, I installed a 
mechanical oil pressure gage.  Well, my worries were not justified.  The 
pressure rises very rapidly after startup to 60 psi and stays there till the 
oil warms up.  After a super heavy high speed drive, the oil pressure will stay 
at 25-30 psi idling, and reach 55 psi at 1500 rpm.  Again, Mobil 1 15w50 helps, 
especially when you drive the car hard like I do.  Modern oils designed for 
super high revving modern high performance engines can do well on our old 
440s.  Again, remember, as powerful as a 440 is, its specific power is quite 
low compared to, say a BMW 4 liter V8.  That actually works at our favor.  
Using high performance oils, and given how understressed our engines are, they 
should last far longer no matter how hard they are pushed (so long you keep an 
eye to the temperature and pressure gages!)
D^2 

Quoting jsadowski <jsadowski@xxxxxxx>:

> That sounds common of a high mileage engine. I'd take it a bit easier if
> you want it to last a while.
> John
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: D. Dardalis 
>   To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>   Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 11:00 AM
>   Subject: IML: one more thing!
> 
> 
>   On the prior adventure, forgot to mention.  After I got the car
> driveable 
>   again, I drove around the block.  I noticed the (stock) oil pressure
> gage 
>   was sitting about where it sits when the car is hot, even though the
> oil 
>   was certainly close to cold.  I checked the oil, and the level was at
> least 
>   half a quart higher than where it was last time I checked.  Also, it
> 
>   smelled like gasoline.  Could there be a connection between this and
> the 
>   stuck carburetor float?
> 
>   Well, I had to toss 4.5 quarts of expensive Mobil 1.  The Texas heat
> would 
>   eventually boil the gas out of the oil, but I had probably 20%
> gasoline in 
>   there!
> 
>   D^2
> 
> 
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