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MEDIK418 · 12-10-2004, 07:37 PM

Had you changed the oil prior to the trip to Vegas? The reason I asked is several years ago I built a new engine for my 16 year old. After about a month he came home complaining that his oil pressure was low. After checking the oil, I found it about 2 and a half quarts low. We had changed the oil at 500 miles with no problem but he didn't check the oil after that thinking that a new engine would not use any oil. Wrong! By the time we found it in a too low condition, the damage was done. Time to rering and do another bottom end. Valuable lesson but expensive.

12-10-2004, 07:37 PM	#12
MEDIK418 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Amarillo, Texas, USA Posts: 780	Re: Engine Oiling Problem Had you changed the oil prior to the trip to Vegas? The reason I asked is several years ago I built a new engine for my 16 year old. After about a month he came home complaining that his oil pressure was low. After checking the oil, I found it about 2 and a half quarts low. We had changed the oil at 500 miles with no problem but he didn't check the oil after that thinking that a new engine would not use any oil. Wrong! By the time we found it in a too low condition, the damage was done. Time to rering and do another bottom end. Valuable lesson but expensive. __________________ 1986 four-eyed LX coupe, 358 Cleveland, Tremec TKO600/centerforce clutch, dish cut Probe forged pistons, comp cams hyd.roller cam, .579/.588@224/230, Edel.performer, 670 holley street avenger, CPR custom built long tubes, ported and polished 4bbl heads, manley valves, beehive springs, MSD peo-billet dist/MSD6AL, fluidamper, 5 lug conv. with 17x8 bullits there's more but it's still not finished yet. Oh, and the oldest boy is turning his 89 GT into a FFR cobra this next summer.