Isolated and not

The Bandaid is holding. a couple small dribbles through the RTV, but not that copious hemorage that I was seeing.

But somewhere, i’m using oil. Even though she wasn’t puking oil all over the highway, when I returned from my banking run at the town up the road, I was down 1/4 quart again. Granted, I also did 60 miles round trip, which is 4 times what I did yesterday when she puked out 1/4 quart,,, (very likely rings gummed up. I will run a quart of trans fluid through her the last day before I do the oil change. Not a complete cure, but it does help remove the ICK of nasty oil residues.)

And I noted ‘low oil pressure’ at idles after she warms up. Not ZERO, but damned low, and low enough to trip the ‘check gauges’ light. A small blip of the throttle and it goes up and the light goes out. That could be due to the fact that I am running 5w30,,, whereas, with the age and milage of this engine, 10w30 might be more appropo.

She does get another oil change soon, and I will try the 10w30 then. (and the way she is drinking the stuff, I won’t have any 5w left by then,,,)

It could also be the fact that I did not replace the oil pump guts, after they had been exposed to all those particles. They are just pressed powdered metal from my research: they wear fast when abused. I could spend a premium and get milled units to replace them,,,, Still in “observation mode” and the oil pressure doesn’t drop so low that I worry to much. SO far,,, (Note: I won’t have the pan gasket in hand until tuesday or so. If need be, I can order new pump guts and have them here about the same time it will be for the first oil change, then do all of it at the same time. (gotta drop the oilpan to change the pan gasket,,, gotta drop the pan to change the pump guts, Do it all at once, and be done, right?)

It could be that the oil bypass is partially plugged open from that same gunk. I am sure that old filter was plugged solid and kicked in the bypass.

Fact is, It could be several things, a combination of all of them, or some variation of combinations,,,

It could also be that new sending unit is out of calibration, as I do recall the old unit was reading MUCH higher. AND, I never hear the lifters tapping for lack of pressure.

Without putting a gauge on it, (one of those shop tools I do not have as yet) I can only go by what the gauge in the dash reads. Not ideal, but better than pure guess work.

gonna leave out early tomorrow,,,wants to spend some time with my bruddabyanuddermudda before the party mode really kicks in. (sometimes, we beat the rest of the krew to that goal,,, ) so, post or no post, don’t worry too much about the ol Dio on this end. Lots of stuff on me mind that needs vented loose, and may require a liberal dose of Liquid filter cleaning (getting pie-eyed) to let me let it all out. My filters have been running full strength of late to keep the peace in certain situations,,, They need loosened up a bit, I’m sure.

But, Wanna take Bloo with me, and see what sort of ‘oil usage’ she is pulling in normal operation. And I loaded up on stuff to renew the bandaid if needed: Just in case,,, Fingers crossed I just spent money for no reason.

L,L,L,L,L!

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