<div dir="ltr">I was racing at Watkins Glen about 3 years ago and my oil pressure went down to 0 during a race. I thought it was a gauge malfunction (duh) and raced another 20 minutes before I brought it in (and got yelled at by my crew). We use only Amsoil Racing Oil and when we took the engine apart to check it out, the bearings, etc. were perfect. No damage! I swear by Amsoil.<div><br></div><div>jon</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 12:16 PM, Michael Salter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michaelsalter@gmail.com" target="_blank">michaelsalter@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">In Targa Newfoundland, after grounding on a rock at the beginning of a long stage and breaking the drain plug out of the sump, we drove AHX12 for 20 miles at race speeds with NO OIL at all in the engine.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">After the event and 3 more days of competition we disassembled the engine and could find no evidence of damage...<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">That experience convinced me that the few seconds required to achieve oil pressure after an oil and filter change is not something to worry about!!!<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Michael S<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">BN1 #174 <br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 10:19 AM, Curtis Arndt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cnaarndt@gmail.com" target="_blank">cnaarndt@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Kees beat me to the punch. I always prim a spin-on oil filter (as full as I can get it without spilling) before I install it. To me this was just one of the basics of an oil change procedure.<br><br></div>Cheers,<br><br></div>Curt<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="m_5829939989006292488h5">On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 1:14 AM, Oudesluys <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:coudesluijs@chello.nl" target="_blank">coudesluijs@chello.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="m_5829939989006292488h5">
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<div class="m_5829939989006292488m_-3128429849552983506m_2018212459888901222moz-cite-prefix">If at all possible fill up the oil
filter or oil filter housing before fitting it to the engine. OK,
a messy job. Letting it idle for a few minutes should do no harm
to the engine at all, but do not rev the engine or run it on the
choke.<br>
Kees Oudesluijs<br>
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Op 5-12-2016 om 18:50 schreef Michael Oritt:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default">This morning I drained my old engine
oil on my 100 and replaced the oil filter, then refilled the
sump to the correct level and restarted the engine to check
for oil pressure.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default">After several seconds I became
concerned when the oil pressure gauge needle stayed pegged. I
also have a low oil pressure warning light, the sender for
which is mounted to the block at the point where the flex hose
normally attaches and it is staying lit. </div>
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<div class="gmail_default">By this time I had run the engine for
at least 30 seconds and was becoming very concered, so I shut
it down, removed the valve cover and disconnected the banjo
bolt going to the rocker shaft, then restarted the engine--no
oil is coming out of the bolt.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default">Thinking that perhaps the oil pump
lost prime I removed the flex hose from the coiled copper pipe
gong to the oil pressure gauge and back-fed some engine oil,
then reattached the hose to the line but on restarting again
nothing has changed.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default">Though this has never happened before
I have heard of oil pumps not repriming themselves and/or
taking a while to do so after an oil change. I have already
run the engine for at least a minute in the several restarts
and am frankly concerned that serious damage may have already
happened.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default">Any thoughts or suggestions will be
appreciated.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default">Best--Michael Oritt</div>
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