just a thought if your oil filter is it the old style canister  maybe the relief vale in the filter tube iis stuck open or closed so it won,t build up pressure the spin on type has it built in it ,and your engine looks like it has a fair amount of sludge in it maybe try a 50 50 mix solvent and oil  to try and clean it up check with oil pressure live gage and if oil pump is ok  then you might have a spun bearing just my thought  Shakey Pete ( Lots of luck  )

Steve. I’ll suggest trying another oil pressure gauge in one of the galley ports in the side of the block. Just pick a port that’s easy to get to as they are all on a common gallery. If you haven’t changed the oil filter, then that’s also a possibility. While under the vehicle, put a 1” open end wrench on the nut on the tube going into the oil pump and insure it’s ‘snugged’ up. Sucking any air in at this point will reduce the oil pressure significantly..

As far as the oil pump goes, a careful disassembly of it might show a 'stuck open' relief valve or excessive wear on the gears but trying another pump is sometimes the easiest way to determine if the pump is indeed the problem.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

I understand that you are get some oil and by the sounds of it it could be a cam bearing. Just out of interest have you changed your oil and stuck your finger in the sump to have a feel whats its like in there, your guaze filter to the pickup maybe blocked and that wont help any either.. just a thought start from the bottom and work up too....

You should have seen what mine was like!



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If you can't get the distributor out so you can use a drill to drive the oil pump the only option would be to remove and inspect the pump. Are you sure you have no pressure? Have you checked with a manual gauge? Would hate to see you tearing into the pump or engine due to a bad gauge.

1956 Fairlane Victoria (ORREO)

 

Overlooking Beautiful Rimrock AZ

I have a similar problem with dist. and firewall.  It cant be placed or removed unless the cap is taken off.

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

steve here

thanks yellowwing for the advise so you think it might be an oil pump problem how do i find this out????

the oil pressure gauge is not moving from zero cold or hot

i dont think i can get the distributor out because the engine is too close to the firewall.

steve.

Steve, Ted is correct the first thing to determine is what oil pressure you have. If it is low major engine damage is imminent. Low pressure is most likely a result of a worn engine (overhaul time) but could be caused by a bad or worn pump. Pumps can be replaced easily on Y's as they are externally mounted.

As for the posting problem. If you start your post with special characters, font,size,photos, etc, you can get the message about content. I just type something at the start of the post like "Steve here" then put in the special characters and everything seems to work fine. This seems to have been done by the administrator( along with the site freezing as you hit enter for your post ) to drive us all crazy. Little knowing he is already too late.

1956 Fairlane Victoria (ORREO)

 

Overlooking Beautiful Rimrock AZ

When I mentioned passenger side rockers losing oil first, I was assuming left hand drive. Rephrased, cylinders 1-4 or the right bank (looking from steering wheel and assuming the engine is in front of the vehicle) loses oil first to the rockers on cam bearing wear related oiling problems. What kind of hot and cold oil pressure readings does the engine have when it’s idling?

Here are some previous threads talking about ‘soft’ cam bearings.

http://forums.y-blocksforever.com/Topic10041-3-1.aspx

http://forums.y-blocksforever.com/Topic34291-3-1.aspx

http://forums.y-blocksforever.com/Topic44716-3-1.aspx

http://forums.y-blocksforever.com/Topic36955-3-1.aspx

The cheap fix if it is indeed a cam bearing related issue will be an overhead oiler.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

 

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THERE HAS BEEN A BID OF CONFUSION ON DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE

 MY CAR IS RIGHT HAND DRIVE

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I AM IN ESSEX THE SOUTH EAST OF  THE UK ,  A PLACE CALLED SOUTHEND -ON -SEA

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Steve: Just a thought, does you engine have a oil pressure guage? If it only has a dash light, it may be suffering from a low pressure situation..

Paul