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Fw: No oil pressure

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Subject: Fw: No oil pressure
From: healeyolic <healey6@optonline.net>
Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 20:01:14 -0400
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "healeyolic" <healey6@optonline.net>
To: <Jwhlyadv@aol.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: No oil pressure


> For what its worth, take a look at the oil filter study at 
> http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oilfilterstudy.htmlin which the Fram 
> filter is soundly trounced.
>
> John Sims, BN6
> Aberdeen, NJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Jwhlyadv@aol.com>
> To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 5:45 PM
> Subject: No oil pressure
>
>
>>I changed the oil in the BN4 and when I started it I had no oil pressure,
>> absolutely nothing ever appeared on the gauge (even after a minute or 
>> two).
>> Removed the valve cover and cranked the engine, no oil appeared.
>>
>> Removed the new oil filter, no oil in the filter. cranked the engine with 
>> the
>> oil filter off, no oil came out.
>>
>> Any ideas? I guess my next step is to pull off the oil pan and check the 
>> pump
>> and the pickup screen. All I did was change the oil.
>>
>> Another question I have is perhaps I put the wrong oil filter on. I have 
>> an
>> oil cooler with a spin on filter setup installed by the previous owner. I 
>> would
>> assume it came from Moss. I used a Fram Ph3600 like I use on the BJ8 spin 
>> on
>> oil filter. I've already thrown away the old filter but does anyone else 
>> have
>> this set up and what oil filter are you using?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jim Werner
>> Louisville, KY




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