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Re: The Silver Buick's well Silver Buick!
Does anyone remember when Chad started up the Crusher Camaro with out installing the oil pressure gauge line? I just had a similar experience today :'(
I installed a new T/A timing cover, and I thought to myself, "Hey, since I have the oil pump out, why not try out the Oil Pump Booster plate I have..." Because while cruising in the heat when the car was running at 200+*F the oil pressure at 70mph was a shade under 40psi (@2200rpm), which isn't bad, but I figured if I could be at 50psi I'd feel better climbing hills. Soooo I put it in:
And at 800rpm idle it maxed the oil pressure gauge, and while feathering the throttle because the choke isn't hooked up and the car hadn't been started in days, I heard a *pop* and see a wave of oil, I instantly cut the engine (the gauge was still reading some pressure). You can see the seal was blown out on the top :-\
The hood was open when it happened, my fenders, the walls and even the roof of the car port got some spatter.
Ooops. I pulled the plate off and put it back together and all is well now
Took it down to a car wash and Simple greened the heck out of it and sprayed it down.
It's interesting to note that this same booster plate and oil pump cover came off my 231 V6, and using both the booster plate and a HV kit that 231 had zero oil pressure at idle and had at most 20psi fully warmed up. Yet just the plate at idle here was well over 100psi and popped the seal. I even put a new filter on it and popped a second filter the same way, just to see if I hadn't fully tightened the first one. The second one popped facing down right into the oil drain pan I had under it, convienent 8)
Good news is with the addition of the timing cover my car is now maintaining a ~180*F temp ;D
Does anyone remember when Chad started up the Crusher Camaro with out installing the oil pressure gauge line? I just had a similar experience today :'(
I installed a new T/A timing cover, and I thought to myself, "Hey, since I have the oil pump out, why not try out the Oil Pump Booster plate I have..." Because while cruising in the heat when the car was running at 200+*F the oil pressure at 70mph was a shade under 40psi (@2200rpm), which isn't bad, but I figured if I could be at 50psi I'd feel better climbing hills. Soooo I put it in:
And at 800rpm idle it maxed the oil pressure gauge, and while feathering the throttle because the choke isn't hooked up and the car hadn't been started in days, I heard a *pop* and see a wave of oil, I instantly cut the engine (the gauge was still reading some pressure). You can see the seal was blown out on the top :-\
The hood was open when it happened, my fenders, the walls and even the roof of the car port got some spatter.
Ooops. I pulled the plate off and put it back together and all is well now
Took it down to a car wash and Simple greened the heck out of it and sprayed it down. It's interesting to note that this same booster plate and oil pump cover came off my 231 V6, and using both the booster plate and a HV kit that 231 had zero oil pressure at idle and had at most 20psi fully warmed up. Yet just the plate at idle here was well over 100psi and popped the seal. I even put a new filter on it and popped a second filter the same way, just to see if I hadn't fully tightened the first one. The second one popped facing down right into the oil drain pan I had under it, convienent 8)
Good news is with the addition of the timing cover my car is now maintaining a ~180*F temp ;D
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