Got
(some) oil flow.
Remove
the pick-up tube and cleaned off Hylomar. Cut a new gasket out of some gasket
stock I had lying around and installed pick-up tube without any sealant.
Hooked up
starter (plugs removed) and spun engine, no joy. Removed outlet hose and primed
pump again. Got oil flow. Reconnected oil line and left it slightly loose and
had oil pressure gauge sender out. Cranked engine, oil flowed out of pressure
sender hole. Let engine set while bat recharged some. Tried again, no oil.
Repeated priming
and had oil flow, reconnected line and this time oil flow was good. Put oil
pressure sender on and cranked engine, had oil flow. Let engine set several
minutes, cranked again, had oil flow. Let set some more, no flow while
cranking.
Racing
beat catalog says to charge the oil line by cranking the engine without spark
plugs installed as I did but got varying results, sometimes got oil pressure
(couldn't measure it - use ohmmeter to see if sender saw any pressure) and some
times I didn't. How fast does the engine have to go the get oil to suck up the
pick-up tube quickly, or how long after starting the engine does oil pressure
come up?
Ready to
try a first start of the engine if oil pressure could be counted on to come up.
Perplexed
as to why I get oil pressure sometimes and not every time I spin the engine.
Wendell
(with oil all over the place)