roadkingg
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Well I did it, and it worked!
The 86 with the 351w with 124k I've been reviving had sat in a yard for 8 years when I bought it in November. I dropped the gas tank,cleaned it out,and changed the oil.
After a dose of Seafoam, I fired it up first of December and have been driving it only around the block to "get to know it a little better".
Last week I finally drove it 15 miles to work and after 10 miles I had ZERO oil pressure according the the OEM gauge. Pulled over and shut it down,waited 5 minutes and restarted- 45 pounds! Went on the last 5 miles and returned home that afternoon with the same issue.
I installed a mechanical gauge and had the same issue so I figured the oil pump screen was getting clogged - or something funky inside,so here's what I did:
Started it up,drove it till it warmed up and drained the oil. Replaced the drain plug and poured in 2 gallons of clean kerosene,fired it up and revved it until it picked up 30 psi on the guage twice.Drained,refilled with Pennzoil High Mileage 10w-40 and drove it 20 miles. Now have 40 psi at 2500 rpm and 20 psi at idle. It worked!!
The motor was really dry and tight after refilling with oil, would barely crank over on the initial restart. All is well, no smoke either!!
The 86 with the 351w with 124k I've been reviving had sat in a yard for 8 years when I bought it in November. I dropped the gas tank,cleaned it out,and changed the oil.
After a dose of Seafoam, I fired it up first of December and have been driving it only around the block to "get to know it a little better".
Last week I finally drove it 15 miles to work and after 10 miles I had ZERO oil pressure according the the OEM gauge. Pulled over and shut it down,waited 5 minutes and restarted- 45 pounds! Went on the last 5 miles and returned home that afternoon with the same issue.
I installed a mechanical gauge and had the same issue so I figured the oil pump screen was getting clogged - or something funky inside,so here's what I did:
Started it up,drove it till it warmed up and drained the oil. Replaced the drain plug and poured in 2 gallons of clean kerosene,fired it up and revved it until it picked up 30 psi on the guage twice.Drained,refilled with Pennzoil High Mileage 10w-40 and drove it 20 miles. Now have 40 psi at 2500 rpm and 20 psi at idle. It worked!!
The motor was really dry and tight after refilling with oil, would barely crank over on the initial restart. All is well, no smoke either!!
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