Re: TrevorK's 1955 Packard Patrician

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2017/7/14 13:28:28

I can't say I'm too surprised at the appearance of your oil pump intake screen and the fact that you had noisy lifters. This is why folks so often say that when you buy an old car, among the very first things to do is to drop the oil pan and clean it and the pump intake.

Although I have never had a noisy lifter problem with my 56 Caribbean (which is approaching 100,000 miles), shortly after I bought it I dropped the pan and found very much what you did, a reasonably clean pan but a pump intake screen significantly choked off with sludge.