HELP WITH OIL PRESSURE

Help I'm taking suggestions just fired up 545 and only runnung 15pounds of pressure idling will go to about 30 when reved up. Same pump was on 429 engine it would idle at about 35 to 40.bearings, we're spec out when put in. HELP THANKS DAVE

Did you put your galley plugs in the right place,and the pickup far enough from the pan floor?

roller cam?

Hey Rick, yea the plugs in, same pan that was on the 429. After racking my brain all night and half of this morning.I'm going to check my roller lifters to see where the oil hole is probaly put them in backwards. dumbass attack hopfully that will solve the problem can't wait to get this broke in to see what it will do in my comet

Yea roller cam solid rollers lifters

make sure the pick gasket didn't slip on it when installing could be sucking air and make the pressure low and make sure all the plugs are in had that happen on a 302 years back

dave d wrote:Yea roller cam solid rollers lifters

bars up?or down?

I'm thinking that the bars are towards the outside of the block ,won't have time to check today youngest is graduating. Sometimes it's better to do things yourself then to have friends help,I do appreicate all of their help and it was a lot more fun to drink with after

dave d wrote:I'm thinking that the bars are towards the outside of the block ,won't have time to check today youngest is graduating. Sometimes it's better to do things yourself then to have friends help,I do appreicate all of their help and it was a lot more fun to drink with after

pull your diz and pump the oil with a drill.like you did before you started it i hope,if it floods the rockers then i'd say pull the intake.

Also smoking like crazy

Well took the intake off, lifters were in backwards that problem solved running about 30 lbs oil pressure,smoking like crazy out of exhaust number 1 and 3 plugs oil soaked.Getting alot of blowby out of breathers,going to try evac system hopefully that will help.Might be a day or two before I get back to it just spent weekend in hospital with chest pains feel like a damn pin cushion

I'd figure out why it has all the blowby rather than putting a evac on it............

Broke a couple of rings on install?

maverick wrote:Broke a couple of rings on install?

could be,also could have got by the valves with all the oil up top before.runnen any valve seals?

I thought about possible broken rings, hope not, motor got maybe 15min run time on it,maybe rings not seated yet?Going to get back on it this week got to build a spacer for dampner pulley to run alt and try to get a little more run time on it to set rings, did notice that oil level is still good juust smoking to beat hell, I rent it out this fall for mosquito repealer in town