Re: OIL PUMP PACKS IT IN?

Posted by Tim Cole On 2013/9/17 18:34:42

Here is what I would do given this problem can be replicated.

Put a Tee fitting with a drain cock connected to a piece of plastic tubing via a compression fitting . When the oil gauge reads zero open the petcock and direct the flow down the oil fill. Close the petcock and read the pressure. If the pressure is normal the sender location is in an air pocket that may get pushed out to the lifters causing intermittent valve clatter.

This is consistent with another theorist on this forum who conjectured about air pockets in the V-8. If you had no oil pressure to the mains the motor would sound like a stone crusher under load.