Re: What about the 25K 105mph V8 Patrician?

Posted by Rusty O\'Toole On 2011/4/9 10:37:50
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PackardV8 wrote:
Yes BH. Also note that the PI website ca. 1998-2002 indicated that the V8 oil pump would cause problems at as low as 25K miles.

Am i the only person that remebers that from the PI website or am i just having somekind of halucinations????


The original 1955 Popular Mechanics report says the first attempt was aborted at 10,000 miles because of "lifter failure".

Could it be that the engine did suffer "lifter failure"? And the failure was caused by a defective oil pump? But Packard tried to minimize the bad publicity by calling it "lifter failure"?

They then installed a whole new engine and made the 25000 mile run successfully.

This ties in with the experience of Packard V8 owners on this board. Some have suffered lifter noise and low oil pressure, others have driven the same model for years with no problem. So not every oil pump fails but a significant percentage do fail. This tends to be borne out by the factory's repeated efforts to change or fix the oil pump.

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