"Snapper" <snapper1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Jason James wrote...
>
> > Because it gets better with thicker oil,..it sounds like increased
bearing
> > clearances somewhere. High mileage Taxi engines, spit out bigends
first.
> > Another way is to get out onto an express-way, then while doing around
> > 80>100kph, back off the throttle slightly,..just enough to cause a
very
slow
> > reduction in speed. Bad bigends often make a chattering noise in this
> > instance.
>
> Thanks for the tips. The guy who owns it is a bit of a mechanic (he's a
> farmer, does most of his own maintenance) and has a bit of an idea of
> things mechanical (he's also done electro-mechanical engineering at
Monash
> Uni). He said that he can't hear anything untowards. I'll speak to him
> regarding the oil sender unit/pressure switch next time I see him.
>
> Whatever, it all hangs on his missus. He'd like to get rid of it but she
> says, "why? It runs fine.".
>
> So, we'll see. If not his, and that'd be prefereable as I have an idea
of
> its history, plus it's on gas and he doesn't want a fortune for it, as
> most sellers seem to do (they want to flog their own cars for ten times
> what they're worth but expect you to give yours away when they offer to
> buy it).
It is entirely possible, that what is causung the low OP light, is just
caused by an engine which has general wear at all oil-pressure fed
bearings,
and that while it maybe a little disconcerting, there are many kilos left
on
her. If its quiet, just drive it till the light starts to stay on a bit
longer. They are very strong engines, and I suspect you'll have a very
good
run before you need to chuck in a second-handy :-)
We had an XT 200 cube Falcon p/van at work which was driven by everybody,
including almost full throttle drags out west. That car had regular maint,
and clock3ed up 94,000 miles before replacement. The engine was a bit
slappy
in the pistons,..but nothing else. Damn good cars the 6s which to this day
use a block modelled closely on the early Falcons.
Jason
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