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Florida_Phil
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That is one very cool car and the Y Block fits it perfectly. Love it!
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NathanxStewart
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Nice! If anything I mainly just like the looks of them, haven't seen a y-block with that set up... yet! 😉 Also we made a full exhaust system running out the back with a cross over pipe. But okay sounds good, I will also check that out. Thank you!!
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NathanxStewart
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Thank you!! That Y-block definitely catches some attention. Everyone usually expects it to have a lame SBC in it... yuck
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Ted
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NathanxStewart (8/24/2017)
...Seems to be when I come to kind of a hard stop (I'm not locking the tires up) or make a hard left turn the oil pressure drops down to around 10-20 psi then jumps right back up between 50-60 psi. I am honestly not sure if this is a new occurring thing or has been happening but I just noticed it. I watch the oil pressure gauge like a hawk so I'm surprised if it had been happening and I haven't noticed it. before. Course typically when you're coming to a stop or hard stop there is a reason and you're paying attention the road haha. I'm running 10w-40 high zinc Royal Purple HPS oil. The oil level is good, and the sending unit isn't bad, those are the things I checked first. I have a rear sump truck oil pan on the engine. Is this a normal thing? Should I be concerned? Obviously the oil is going away from the pickup when I make these actions, just wondering if something possibly fell off the pickup? -NathanI see no mention on exactly how much oil you’re carrying. The pickup and light truck oil pans requires a minimum of six quarts of oil including the oil filter. The rear sump pan for the HD engines requires a minimum of seven quarts of oil including the filter. As mentioned, installing a baffle in the ‘non-baffled’ oil pans helps to control the forward movement of the oil when stopping. Here’s the link to a past thread showing some of the various rear sump oil pans. http://forums.y-blocksforever.com/FindPost74375.aspx Here’s the link where Charlie installed a baffle and a gate in his oil pan. http://forums.y-blocksforever.com/Topic1469-1.aspx
  Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)
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NathanxStewart
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Thank you for the response Ted! I had 6 quarts in it, added another quart when I noticed this starting to happen. Didn't seem to make a difference though. Okay I definitely have the truck pick up pan. Looks just like the one in the middle of the photos. Gauge seems to be doing a lot of bouncing around, stays between 50-70psi while driving/idling. I wonder if I might have a bad connection. Is it possible for the pickup to come loose? Think it's worth it to take the pan off and look in there?
Thanks again!
-Nathan
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charliemccraney
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Sure, you could have a bad connection. 50-70 psi even at idle does suggest a faulty gauge or sender. That is high for idle, particularly if the oil is up to operating temperature I would exhaust all other possibilities before pulling the pan.
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NathanxStewart
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But the oil pressure going down when I come to a hard stop is definitely the oil moving forward away from the pickup right? It has a high volume pump. It's about 60psi cold at idle then about 50psi warm at idle. 2,000 rpms on the freeway it varies from 60psi-70psi.
Pulling the pan on this car is not a difficult job at all! We built it so there was absolutely nothing underneath the engine, no interference.
The pan for sure has a baffle, I remember seeing it now. I guess it's possible it's been doing this and I just now noticed?
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2721955meteor
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the later truck engines had a trap door where the oil flow to the front was restricted ,on a huge so going forward no restrictions.my 49 merc with a y has such a pan it came from a 5ton truck. this issue was common in 56 toto 60s 1/2 tons.
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charliemccraney
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It's not so much the difficulty involved in removing the pan as the extra work to do so, particularly if it turns out not to be the problem. If you are positive that you have the baffled pan and this just began to occur, then I would not suspect the oil pan and I would investigate everything else before pulling it to check. Checking bolts and fittings and trying another gauge are much easier by comparison Yes, it is also possible that you have just now noticed. I've done that myself. It sounds like you have an electric gauge. It could be that there is a bad electrical connection and stopping causes a wire to move in such a way that sender output is altered and shows a decrease in oil pressure that is actually not happening..
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NathanxStewart
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Good to know! Mines a '60
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