[BaadAssGremlins] Re: Oil presure

["amc74hornet" <AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, baadass73gremlin@xxxx wrote:
>  
> In a message dated 8/15/05 12:01:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> cs10@xxxx writes:
> 
> What mod  are you people talking about with v-8 amc motors. To make 
> more oil  pressure? My 360 holds 60 pounds cold, 40 pounds hot going 
> down the road,  and 5 pounds idiling. IF you run it hard and then pull 
> up to a light fast  and stop it drops to zero and the light comes on. 
> IT comes back up right  away. IT has a new oil pump and new main and 
> rod  berings. IS there  anything i can do to save it?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> one of the few flaws about the 66-91 AMC V8 is one of the rear bearings  gets 
> starved for oil and there s a mod where you run a line by tapping into the  
> lifter valley to the front of the engine thus lubing that area much better.also 
>  member Davis Martin sells a oil mod kit for AMC V8s Davis,ya out there??
> Bart


All th oiling mods in the world will not help an engine at idle that only has 5 psi at idle. There is an internal problem like cam bearings. My 120,000 mile 6 cyl has 50 psi at idle till it warms up an then goes down to 5 psi.
Doc" 





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