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#62646 07/07/2006 5:59 AM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 313 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 313 | The oil light on my 1966 C10 flickers while idling after the engine warms up. I have a 283 engine with a Powerglide transmission. It only does it in Drive. Could the problem be with the oil pump? | | |
#62647 07/07/2006 6:10 AM | Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 236 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 236 | | | |
#62648 07/07/2006 12:40 PM | Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 156 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 156 | I think I would put a mechanical gage on it to see what was the real pressure.
"All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of
us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time"
Lt Gen. Lewis B."Chesty" Puller, USMC
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#62649 07/07/2006 1:32 PM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 313 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 313 | I do plan to install oil and temperature gauges under the dash, because I don't like the lights. | | |
#62650 07/07/2006 6:48 PM | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 703 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 703 | Doug,
To answer your original question... Yes it could very well be the oil pump.
Had an old Ford Y-Block a few years ago, that started doing the same. Put a mechanical gauge in, which confirmed the problem. Swapped out the oil pump and was good to go.
Got really lucky on that one, as the oil pump was an external version. Never even had to drop the pan.
I think you're plan to install mechanical gauges is probably a good one, as then you'll have a better idea as to what your oil pressure truly is, before you tear into something that may not need torn into.
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#62651 07/07/2006 9:54 PM | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | could be a lose wire.............just a thought
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#62652 07/07/2006 10:34 PM | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 687 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 687 | False reading, bad oil pressure switch, poor connection, idle to low, fuel in oil (not likely), bad cam bearings,bad oil pump, clogged pick up screen. Any of the above. But the real question is what is the actual oil pressure, this will tell you alot.
I didn't do it, no one saw me do it, you can't prove anything! "Bart Simpson"
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#62653 07/07/2006 10:47 PM | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 226 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 226 | low pressure 99% is worn bearings,,, not worn oil pump... a new oil pump wont help bad bearings,, and fact is...oil pumps dont usually wear out,,,(they run in oil)... typically tho ya replace the oil pump at rebuild. its cheap 20 dollar insurance....
What it will say on my Tombstone: "Boy, that guy sure owed alotta people Money"
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#62654 07/07/2006 10:54 PM | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 687 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 687 | Fatweed is right if the oil pump is bad it is usualy caused by lack of clean oil.
I didn't do it, no one saw me do it, you can't prove anything! "Bart Simpson"
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#62655 07/08/2006 4:06 AM | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 | If your oil pressure is truely that low, your lifters would be going flat and ticking. I'm betting on a semi-plugged oil sender problem,
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#62656 07/08/2006 9:40 PM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 313 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 313 | The cause of the problem was that the screen on the pick up tube was clogged. It is OK now.  | | |
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