Low oil psi, no oil on topend! :(
Help!
THe shop just got my engine put back together - its had a rebuild done, with new internals, a machined and honed block, and resurfaced heads/valves, and the junk.
The engine cranked up fine, and at idle, the oil psi was at about 19psi. But there was a loud clacking coming from the engine - apparently it was the lifters clacking from the lack of oil. also, after about a minute of idling, the oil pressure drops to about 10psi
There was no oil at all on the top end of the engine.. what could cause this?
Thanks,
THe shop just got my engine put back together - its had a rebuild done, with new internals, a machined and honed block, and resurfaced heads/valves, and the junk.
The engine cranked up fine, and at idle, the oil psi was at about 19psi. But there was a loud clacking coming from the engine - apparently it was the lifters clacking from the lack of oil. also, after about a minute of idling, the oil pressure drops to about 10psi

There was no oil at all on the top end of the engine.. what could cause this?
Thanks,
Last edited by mineralwater; May 3, 2004 at 08:40 PM.
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