makonkey
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I am trying to help out an elderly friend who can not afford to have his truck fixed. It is not in the best shape, but he needs something to drive. His truck has been losing oil pressure while he is driving at times. Since he did not remember the last time he changed the oil I did that for him and swapped out oil filters. He is still having the problem. I am able to do anything needed to get the engine running right, however, the money I spend will be my own so I would like to fix the engine without doing a full rebuild. I am not very familiar with these engines so I am not sure where to start.
From what I have found so far the oil pump is driven by the distributor gears. I am not sure if a failure here would cause temporary oil pressure loss or if it would always have no oil pressure.
The oil pump screen could have obstruction but I would need to drop the oil pan to determine. I am not sure how to test the oil pump itself!
The other issue is if the bearings are damaged from lack of oil.
Anything that I should look at before digging into the engine. I have decided not to remove anything yet so I can do any recommended checks first. I think the best course of action is for me to pull the engine and go over everything while giving it a good cleaning. I just want to make sure I am taking care of the problem for him if I do.
From what I have found so far the oil pump is driven by the distributor gears. I am not sure if a failure here would cause temporary oil pressure loss or if it would always have no oil pressure.
The oil pump screen could have obstruction but I would need to drop the oil pan to determine. I am not sure how to test the oil pump itself!
The other issue is if the bearings are damaged from lack of oil.
Anything that I should look at before digging into the engine. I have decided not to remove anything yet so I can do any recommended checks first. I think the best course of action is for me to pull the engine and go over everything while giving it a good cleaning. I just want to make sure I am taking care of the problem for him if I do.