darkred87T
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Hi, I'm sure there is tons of info on this already but I never have any luck with the search feature so sorry if this is redundant.
I have about 30 miles on a fresh motor rebuild. The first time I drove it it had great oil pressure. I took the car out today for the second time and as I'm driving down the road I notice there was no oil pressure showing on my Autometer gauge...zilch! I pulled into a gas station and shut it off. When I restarted it, I didn't notice knocking or anything unusual so I fiqured it was just the gauge and drove it home. Home was about 2 miles. I don't know what kind of internal engine damage this already caused but at least there's no audible signs thank God).
I took the valve cover off, started it again and no sign of oil getting to this point. . Usually it squirts out and makes a mess right? I also tried replacing the filter and that didn't help either. I heard that these pumps sometimes lose thier prime and you can take the cover off and pack it with vaseline to reprime it. Should I try this? It's kind of a weird how it all of the sudden it went from all to nothing. Thanks in advance for any advice.
Mike
I have about 30 miles on a fresh motor rebuild. The first time I drove it it had great oil pressure. I took the car out today for the second time and as I'm driving down the road I notice there was no oil pressure showing on my Autometer gauge...zilch! I pulled into a gas station and shut it off. When I restarted it, I didn't notice knocking or anything unusual so I fiqured it was just the gauge and drove it home. Home was about 2 miles. I don't know what kind of internal engine damage this already caused but at least there's no audible signs thank God).
I took the valve cover off, started it again and no sign of oil getting to this point. . Usually it squirts out and makes a mess right? I also tried replacing the filter and that didn't help either. I heard that these pumps sometimes lose thier prime and you can take the cover off and pack it with vaseline to reprime it. Should I try this? It's kind of a weird how it all of the sudden it went from all to nothing. Thanks in advance for any advice.
Mike