O.k., please forgive my ignorance that'll be showing here, but I have a slight problem that I hope you guys can help me with some advice for.I did a search but couldn't find my exact problem. I have a '52 Chevy pickup that I bought off of a local farmer recently. The little truck was only driven around the farm for the last twenty or so years, not on the highway, until I bought it. The engine is a full pressure 235 that ,according to all the Stovebolt.com research I've done, checks out to be a '53 from a powerglide- equipped car. I noticed recently that while it pegged the original 30lb oil pressure gauge,after driving it to town (approximately 15 miles), the pressure would drop. I then noticed that there appeared to be oil all over the passenger side of the engine and it smelled of gas and was really thin, as well as being about 1/2 quart low. Dad and I diagnoised it as a bad fuel pump, so today I replaced it and changed the oil (30 weight). After driving it about 30 miles and 50 or so mph, the oil pressure dropped down to around 15lbs momentarily, then went back to 30+ lbs. I went into Walmart and shopped for a few minutes and came out to a large puddle of oil under my truck, appearing to come from the right side. Checked the oil, about half a quart or so low.I then refilled it and added Lucas oil treatment. I drove 15 miles home and the oil pressure went to dropping again. I checked the oil and it was a little low again. The truck will hold 30 lbs while idleing. Dad said that maybe the road draft tube is stopped up. The engine has no oil filter on it and has a none vented oil filler cap on it. The little engine pulls strong and idles well, and there is very little to no smoke from the truck. I plan on rebuilding, but was hoping to last this next year before doing so.I haven't done a compression check or anything on it yet, but I'm really hoping this will be something simple. If the draft tube is stopped up, how do I clean it? Thanks for all the help.
