At zero psi, spinning the motor to do a confession test is the last thing he needs.
it was the front oil galley plug,found it at the bottom of my oil pan!,i dont like the idea of a tap in plug,i see some are threaded,that would make me feel much safer!...
…look at the back of the engine. If it is extremely oily, your rear lifter galley plug cam out. If not, pull the timing cover and see if the front lifter galley plug came out. If so, just reinstall them and run it.
Absolutely wrong, irregardless of where ever you got this info from.Even at 5psi bumping the engine over hard enough to get a compression test could damage rings/bearings,
An obvious deduction, however, that was not the point of it. He also said that his oil level was low, therefore since he said he was going to pill it, it seemed intelligent to try and determine why it was losing oil so he could address this while he had it apart.furthermore what would a compression test illuminate in a low oil pressure situation??!!?? Absolutely nothing.
i was heading onto the highway today… …a couple minutes later i hear slight ticking from my lifters,i looked at my oil guage and nothing…
…oil was low,but not too bad…
anything else i should check first before i pull the motor?
It is irrelevant whether he was going to pull his engine or not. In his very first post, he said his oil level was low and asked for suggestions to determine the cause of his problems of which oil loss was one.Going back over this thread no one g suggested pulling it changing parts before oil diagnostics were run.
An obvious deduction and it is one of the reasons I suggested he check his oil galley plugs, which he said he did based on my suggestion. See previous posts.An engine that was running 50 psi consistently abd then dropping down to 5 with a pressure tester in the sender port obviously has had an issue.
I answered this for you in my previous post.At this point what would a compression test solve? Absolutely nothing.
Unfortunately you are wrong again. Oil has an imperceprible affect on compression unless it is fed in thru the spark plug hole as it is when doing a “wet” compression test.In fact a low oil condition would further skew any compression readings.
I was the only one to mention oil galley plugs as on potential cause of his problem. This is because I have seen this same problem several times during my 40 years of working on cars.Op found the issue...
You are simply posting to be argumentative and abrasive at this point and obviously seem to have some agenda to “try” and prove me wrong.You are way off base on this one.
Hello smkshw;well thanks for everyones replies,after reading the net and the replies on here i now know every way an engine can loose oil pressure!,im a decent back yard wrencher,but i never had an oil galley plug fail before!,but its nice to find the problem!
Hello smkshw;my engine is now pulled,seems good to go!,now im wondering since its out if i should do a cam swap,always wanted to know what this custom cam talk was all about?,plus i did all this work?,a little change may make it worth it....new thread coming soon i think....lol
I agree and this is EXACTLY what stykthyn is doing to me here.@barnett468 , your input is greatly appreciated, but I'm starting to see a developing pattern here. There's a difference between expressing/defending a differing position on a topic and dissecting each and every one of the oppositions post with condescending undertones, for the purpose of proving to everyone how smart you are.
First of all, I'm not trying to piss you off but you are now guilty of doing the exact same thing some others do. I NEVER, EVER, made ANY claim as to my level of intelligence. Imo, that would be a but extreme for anyone to do.As intelligent as you claim to be, surely you realize the difference between the two?
This comment was posted to counter one I made and it is posited as a fact which is not only wrong, imo, this comment is also unnecessarily abrasiveAt this point what would a compression test solve? Absolutely nothing.
This is an unwarranted and unnecessary condescending/abrasive comment that is posited as a fact, not an opinion which is factually incorrect. it also does nothing to benefit the op.You are way off base on this one.
I agree and this is EXACTLY what stykthyn is doing to me here.
First of all, I'm not trying to **** you off but....
Irregardless Versus Regardless
First, let's talk about irregardless. Some people mistakenly use irregardless when they mean “regardless.” Regardless means “regard less,” “without regard,” or despite something. For example, Squiggly will eat chocolate regardless of the consequences.
The prefix ir- (i-r) is a negative prefix, so if you add the prefix ir to a word that's already negative like regardless, you're making a double-negative word that literally means “without without regard.”
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