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fired my 216 oilpressure on gauge in oil port 25# as engine warmed oil pressure went to 30 but not solid needle on gauge bouncing in crease rpm oil pressure goes to solid 25 then to solid 23 book says oil pressure sb 15 can it be adjusted? it it ok ran the motor for 1 hour will retork head tomorrow restart warm and set valves concerned about pressure thanks for any help

no you can't adjust it - you only need worry about low oil pressure, 15# is a ballpark minimum, see what happens once the engine is run in

Bill

thanks bill i was just worried as it went up when warm motor is running good has a little knock when idle is turned down to just barely running adjust idle up a little it goes away all rocker arms have oil just concerned about pressure 30 pound gauge will put higher gauge in port tomorrow

Ditto

I don't know the history of your 216 but I will mention what I have read over time on oil pressure issues. If the oil distributor valve spring is modified to raise the indicated pressure it will result in insufficient flow to the rods and damage will likely occur.

bought truck it was used as a daily driver took it apart 10 years ago it was running then but the engine smoked rebuilt last fall checked bearings new rings head was cracked thats what the smoke was rebuilt head motor runs fine other than the oil pressure using gauge in oil line port not the original gauge trying to get it mechanically right before putting body on retired pipefitter most things loose pressure upon heating except steam will torque head and run it again today dont think the spring was altered i didnt and dont remember what it was

"bought truck

it was used as a daily driver

took it apart 10 years ago

it was running then but the engine smoked

rebuilt last fall checked bearings
new rings

head was cracked thats what the smoke was

rebuilt head

motor runs fine other than the oil pressure

using gauge in oil line port not the original gauge

trying to get it mechanically right before putting body on

retired pipefitter

most things loose pressure upon heating except steam

will torque head and run it again today

dont think the spring was altered

i didnt and dont remember what it was"

started 216 today let warm for one half hour set valves motor runs excellent oil press 22 cold 27 warm must be check sticks when warm will watch closly any other help is appreciated

punctuation is really a part of our language...

Maybe the period ("." full-stop) key is broken?

Say speeeeeeeeed!
The oil pressure when a 216 is cold will be about 25-30psi.
The oil pressure when a 216 is warmed up will be about 14-15psi.
The oil pressure when a 216 is idling will be about 6-7psi.

Anything other than that indicates either a problem somewhere
in the system or that someone has modified the system in some way
other than stock, in which case he or they have assumed the title
of "head engineer".


Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL

My 216 never sems to get abov 8 PSI, but the upper end is getting oil, so I attribute it to the 1948 oil gauge. No problems in five years.

Not unusual Tom. Probably attributable to the bearings being
worn some. If you ever have a need to pull the pan down it wouldn't
hurt none to reshim them. Might bring up the pressure a bit.
Don't cost that much to pull the cover off the oil pump and see
if the gears are worn or if the bottom of the housing is
showing any wear. Really a simple pump and you can get
rebuiling kits for them. It's also possible that someone put a
homemade gasket under the cover which would lower the output
due to to much clearance (pressure leakage) at the ends of the
gears.
Denny G

not worried about puncuation just oil problem the gauge i used was 0 to 30 face was beat up took lens off vacuum gauge embareassed 7 hot idle 23 high rpm thanks engine is fine

Tigman 1,
Not to be rude but perhaps you should worry about punctuation.

The purpose of this forum is to share information, and even the most laid back (and permissive) of us have difficulty reading your posts and understanding what your questions and problems are with your oil pressure. That is why you got the response from some of the posts earlier in this thread. Even the most finicky of us will sometimes have a typographical error, and are usually forgiven, as long as we can communicate. Here, you have access to some of the best advice possible, with many willing to give you a hand. You just need to help us out a bit.

I am really glad you found the problem and shared the solution with us. That is something for all of us to keep in mind next time we have a similar problem.

Kent