DangerRanger96
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- 1996
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Ok, gonna try to make it short and sweet, but there's alot involved w/ my problem. Too many people have too many ideas on what's wrong.
I'm being told to pull the motor and replace the oil pump/filter:
Ok, intake gasket blew. Tore it down. Found oil sludge build up in the valley on the top of the block. Sucked out all the crap, scraping it pretty clean. THEN, a guy told me to fill my block up with kero. He had me crank it over for like 10 - 20 seconds after it sat for about 20 mins. Drained it all, put the motor back together and refilled oil and new filter. Started the motor..... NO OIL PRESSURE. I will get good pressure for like 1 - 5 mins...then it drops to zero. Flutters back and forth a little...then nothing. I've flushed the motor multiple times removing a ton of flakey oil from the pan..even filled the pan with mineral spirits and added air thru the dipstick tube. Won't disolve it.
I'm being told its the oil sending unit. It's the filter plugged. It's the rear main worn out. I tend to beleive its the filter plugged with all the crap I broke loose with the kero and cranking! New pump, new filter? Bad gauge?
Really want to be sure before paying to pull motor! Thanks in advance!
This site is loaded with great guys and excellent advice! 203,000 miles
I'm being told to pull the motor and replace the oil pump/filter:
Ok, intake gasket blew. Tore it down. Found oil sludge build up in the valley on the top of the block. Sucked out all the crap, scraping it pretty clean. THEN, a guy told me to fill my block up with kero. He had me crank it over for like 10 - 20 seconds after it sat for about 20 mins. Drained it all, put the motor back together and refilled oil and new filter. Started the motor..... NO OIL PRESSURE. I will get good pressure for like 1 - 5 mins...then it drops to zero. Flutters back and forth a little...then nothing. I've flushed the motor multiple times removing a ton of flakey oil from the pan..even filled the pan with mineral spirits and added air thru the dipstick tube. Won't disolve it.
I'm being told its the oil sending unit. It's the filter plugged. It's the rear main worn out. I tend to beleive its the filter plugged with all the crap I broke loose with the kero and cranking! New pump, new filter? Bad gauge?
Really want to be sure before paying to pull motor! Thanks in advance!
This site is loaded with great guys and excellent advice! 203,000 miles
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