King_berald
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Hey guys, I've bought myself a rebuilt l67 and dropped it in my wagon. It's been sitting for a while prior to being installed.
First time I ran it, I thoroughly primed it before starting. I started it and got it up to temp. It sounded alright then after a bit it started to sound horrific. Alarm bells went off when the oil light flicked on after a bit of a rev. After days of stress and googling I realised the oil filter could be blocked. So I swapped out the filter and flushed it out with some thinner oil. I cut the first filter open to have a look and it was massively full of metal and assembly lube.
Ran an engine flush through the engine and changed the oil and filter again for some 10w.60.
It seems to be still getting a little dirty but not instantly like before.
After all that, it's not as bad but still has valve train noise. I checked the oil pressure today and got 55 psi at start up. It all seemed ok. The pressure would pick up with the revs. But as it gets to operating temp, the valve train noise becomes a little worse and the oil pressure dropped to about 40 - 45 at idle.
I'm hoping that because it still has pressure that the crank bearings are ok? Looking at the pressure relief spring/valve.
Anybody able to point me in the right direction?? Cheers
First time I ran it, I thoroughly primed it before starting. I started it and got it up to temp. It sounded alright then after a bit it started to sound horrific. Alarm bells went off when the oil light flicked on after a bit of a rev. After days of stress and googling I realised the oil filter could be blocked. So I swapped out the filter and flushed it out with some thinner oil. I cut the first filter open to have a look and it was massively full of metal and assembly lube.
Ran an engine flush through the engine and changed the oil and filter again for some 10w.60.
It seems to be still getting a little dirty but not instantly like before.
After all that, it's not as bad but still has valve train noise. I checked the oil pressure today and got 55 psi at start up. It all seemed ok. The pressure would pick up with the revs. But as it gets to operating temp, the valve train noise becomes a little worse and the oil pressure dropped to about 40 - 45 at idle.
I'm hoping that because it still has pressure that the crank bearings are ok? Looking at the pressure relief spring/valve.
Anybody able to point me in the right direction?? Cheers