Just wonder if you ever solved the exploding oil filter problem.

 

The exploding oil filter problem turned out to be a stuck bypass valve in the oil pump, I found this after I took it apart. I had to drop the front suspension and remove the oil pan and change the oil pump. Two days after I did all this on my way to school 30 miles from home the engine broke a rod and it scorched my block and lifters shot out the oil pan and it was cut wide open. After this I drove for 2 hour to Grand Rapids and bought a used long block, I wanted to check everything out before putting it in my jeep so I took it apart to check everything and I couldn't stop there so I had the heads resurfaced, valve job, etc. I am going to hone the block out tommorrow (hopefully) and do a rering job on the engine and hopefully have my jeep running again, while I have the engine out I am going to put a new clutch in the tranny and then the jeep should be like brand new since I have changed just about everything else on it.
I don't know if it was a bearing that failed and got stuck in the oil pump or the oil pump that forced air pressure through and wiped the bearing clean of oil and then ruined the bearing but either way something lead to the rod breaking. It hasn't been a fun experience and the oil pressure in my camaro is too low to drive so the oil pan is coming off of that next to check the bearing specs and change them and oil pump, or if I have to rebuild the whole lt1 this spring.
My brother is going to rebuild two 360's for his trucks so we have a lot of garage time ahead of us. He also has been my mode of transportation with all this snow we have now, his best truck in snow is a custom built ramtruck, its a 1980 ramcharger frame that he stripped down painted and redid everything, a custom built short (5' 3") bed and a truck cab off of a 1986 pickup, it currently has a 318 but will have a fuel injected 360 in a short time, this is the truck that always pulls me out when I get stuck. Oh yeah this truck is also great for taking with me to the track because in the bed is a full toolbox full of tools and he converted the air conditioner to a air pump that puts out 400 psi of max pressure and can fill up flat tires as quick as my 6.5 horsepower professional air compressor. I always rely on my brother for help on my cars/jeep because he is great at custom building stuff better than aftermarket and he has his degree in automechanics from WCC and has lots of experience and know how.

 

That's too bad about your Jeep. Sounds like you'll have plenty of well-qualified help though. What is the oil pressure on your Camaro? I think it's normal for LT1s to seem to have low pressure at idle. Anyone else want to comment on that?

 

The oil pressure is way too low, it drops down to about 8 psi at idle but I haven't hooked up a mechanical gage to see how accurate my in dash gage is yet. This will be done as soon as I get the jeep running. I wish I could rebuild the LT1 as well but I don't have the cash so I might just drop the oil pan and change the bearings and oil pump from underneath the car. I was going to do this before but now I might have the time before I go back to school. I just got done honing out the jeep block and polishing the crank and cleaning everything so tonight after I chop firewood I get to put the motor together.