Re: 55PackardGuy's '54 Clipper Deluxe

Posted by Craig Fox On 2015/7/5 19:13:29

Home away from home, I am wondering if you ever got your oil pressure low reading figured out. I have been reading through the messages about it, and have something to add. When I was young about 40'years ago. I rebuilt a Dodge flat head six from a PU truck. After the full rebuild I still had low oil pressure at idle when warmed up. A friend of mine removed the spring and oil pressure regulator check ball from the side if the engine. As I remember we just pulled the spring apart with players to make it longer which raised the oil pressure in the engine. The idea was that the regulator spring have collapsed somewhat over the years and the higher spring pressure raised the oil pressure.. This was an external mounted part on the engine block in the oil gallery. I don't know if Packards are built the same way, but it worked great on the Dodge. With my old British sports cars we just lived with the oil light at idle.