Re: 35 Senior 8 Oil Loss

Posted by Tim Cole On 2012/1/17 17:54:47

I agree with PacakardBarry.

I was thinking about that too, but I have never experienced one that was sucking oil. On the Senior Eights the fuel pump is not direclty exposed to splash. Although, if the squirt holes on the rods are installed on the wrong side (they should face the camshaft) perhaps a good flow could make it to the pump. And given the vacuum pump is on the bottom I guess it could fill up with oil

It's easy to test this just disconnect the line and put tape over the motor side.

Given this car is using a quart of oil every 15 minutes at 45-50 mph there is something big going on. I think even if the diaphram was taken completely out it wouldn't suck out that much oil.