Atomic

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Noticed my oil pressure was acting fishy driving home last night. 20psi at idle, only 40 at high rpm.

Drained the oil because I was going to try some 15w40 and decided to tear apart the filter for ***** and giggles and managed to cut the **** out of my finger in the process.



Barely 1k miles on this engine

MikeGyver

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I feel your pain, sorry to hear it. What are you going to change with this rebuild?

lownslo

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turbo ?

Atomic

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First I am going to try to figure out what went wrong. I shouldnt be having this problem. I read something somewhere about locking the converter up causes excess pressure and forces the torque converter forward causing lateral strain on the bearings or something...

Earlier today I was dead set on getting a nitrous kit.....but since I will probably have to put my 5.3 back in while I take apart this thing (truck is my only vehicle), I may just have to go turbo....

If my crank is screwed for some reason, turning my 408 into a 370 would be pretty simple.

sharpshooter

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that sucks man!

Escalarado

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man that sucks Richard! Hope you get everything all squared away and are up and running again soon.

skeet

iTrader: (18)

gotta be sickening

specially after sooo few miles

MikeGyver

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Was there any metal on the magnet, or is there just this bearing material in the filter?

Atomic

iTrader: (42)

One very very small peice on the magnet. Looked like weld splatter.

MikeGyver

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Maybe you're right about the crank taking out the thrust faces on the mains. It sounds like the moving parts must be OK. Let us know if your converter ballooned.