Re: 51Packards....52 Packard 200 Deluxe!

Posted by JWL On 2017/8/16 10:29:08

Your oil pump may have lost its prime; hence, no oil pressure after you started it up.

Two ways to fix this. One is to remove the plate from the oil pump and pack the gears with grease. Another way is to remove the oil pressure sending unit and pump oil into the port, a quart should do the trick.

I had this problem when I put my 47 Clipper Custom back together after servicing the oil pan and pump screen. I believe it was Howard who suggested using second method described. It worked like a charm.

You can also do a quick check of oil being pumped by removing one of the oil gallery plugs on the lower right-hand side of the engine. Crank the engine without starting it and watch for oil being squirted out of the plug hole.

Don't run the engine anymore until you are certain that you have oil pressure.

Good luck, JWL

I am referring to the same plugs Howard mentions in post #395.