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William Cunningham
Greetings,
I have dumped 6 quarts of oil into the F head engine in my 57 FC 150 and it still is not registering on the dip stick. The service manual said that the capacity is 4 qt. (with filter change). there is no visible oil leak on the engine. Some oil is leaking from the air filter. No oil in the coolant. No smoke. Could I have some sort of high capacity oil pan? A short dip stick (easy there! we don't know each other that well yet ;-)) Should I just keep pouring oil in until it shows on the stick? I have run the engine for a total of 5 minutes in 30 second sessions. Can anyone recommend some sources for fuelpump/vacume pump rebuild or replacement as well as electrical wiper conversions for FC 150's? Willy 57? FC 150 |
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In a message dated 10/27/98 3:21:03 PM Central Standard Time, grover@...
writes: << Did you put the oil down the dipstick tube or into the vent on the rocker cover? It shouldn't matter, since the oil from the rockers drains down to the pan. If you put it in the rocker cover, I suppose it is possible it didn't get down to the pan, but I've never seen that happen and have a hard time imagining what could cause it. All four drain holes would have to be plugged. Maybe the wrong head gasket? >> I have seen oil return holes plugged to the point they would not allow oil to return without a positive pressure applied. This caused the valve cover gaskets to leak but they had apparently run the engine for quite some time. This was on a Ford 289 V8. There was so much build up of carbon that when we took off the valve cover you could not see the rocker arms. They were covered to the point that it looked like the valve cover was still on. I don't know if that's what your problem is but I sure hope not. Rick S |
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Richard Grover
In the F4-134 in my pickup, the dip stick virtually touches the bottom of
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the pan. If there is oil in the pan, I can see it on the dipstick. When I pull the oil pan, the dipstick is sticking down below the bottom of the block about 6" or however deep the pan is. I think I may put a little over 4 quarts in mine, but I can see the oil on the dipstick after a quart. The level rises about 1/2" with each quart. Either your pan is different, or your dipstick is different. Did you put the oil down the dipstick tube or into the vent on the rocker cover? It shouldn't matter, since the oil from the rockers drains down to the pan. If you put it in the rocker cover, I suppose it is possible it didn't get down to the pan, but I've never seen that happen and have a hard time imagining what could cause it. All four drain holes would have to be plugged. Maybe the wrong head gasket? The oil in the airfilter is separate, not part of the engine oil. Rick G. www.public.asu.edu/~grover/willys PS. Sometimes really clean oil is hard to see on the dipstick, like after using flushing oil. It takes a few hours of running to blacken the oil. -----Original Message----- |
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In a message dated 10/27/98 6:44:16 PM Central Standard Time,
slypigs@... writes: << I grabed the stick out of the non-running (yet) FC 150 and its about 3 or 4 qts. longer, what would that be in inches? <g>. With the new dip stick it's over full, which it should be given that I put 6 qts in 4+ system. >> Make sure you remove the extra oil. It can cause you problems. Rick S |
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William Cunningham
Thanks for all the suggestions! would you believe that it had the wrong dipstick!
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I grabed the stick out of the non-running (yet) FC 150 and its about 3 or 4 qts. longer, what would that be in inches? <g>. With the new dip stick it's over full, which it should be given that I put 6 qts in 4+ system. I am replacing the fuel pump (combo fuel/vacume) with a new fuel only pump because the diaphram is shot on the old pump. Everyone tells me the pump is rebuildable BUT the diaphrame is no longer available. Is this true? Willy Rick48CJ2A@... wrote: From: Rick48CJ2A@... |
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William Cunningham
Roger that!
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My Scout is down a quart so a transfusion is in order. Willy Rick48CJ2A@... wrote: From: Rick48CJ2A@... |
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William Cunningham
Richard,
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Yours was the winning clue. I pulled the dipstick and held it next to the engine, It did not extend down below the block so I swaped it for the longer one in the other FC. Thanks' Willy Richard Grover wrote: From: Richard Grover <grover@...> |
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