Re: Here is what happened today. What would you do next?

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2011/8/28 17:32:59

Borrow or buy an accurate mechanical oil pressure gauge. Use it to check hot idling oil pressure at the location of the sensor for your dash gauge, and then check the pressure at the feed to the oil filter (front of driver's side cylinder head) at hot idle. If either of these are suspicious, I might be tempted to drop the oil pan and plastigage some bearing journals. While the pan is down, check it for metallic sludge, and make sure the pump intake screen is clean.

Remind me, is this a 55 or a 56? If the former, I'd buy and install the upgraded cam retainer/spacer kit unless you know it's already been done.