Goose57
Well-Known Member
Hey guys it’s been awhile. Broke my foot mountain biking. Life does get in the way
. I believe my last post was April 25’. I had just finished my Optimizer build Remember? I think I may have wiped the main bearings. A little history: started up one morning and heard some bearing noise. Went to engine bay to see where it’s coming from, shut it off checked the oil. Half a quart low, that’s not it dammit 
. Restarted no bearing noise so took it up the street no noise. Watched oil gauge fluctuating some. Still no noise. Went to Auto Zone to get an oil gauge oil filter and oil, didn’t trust the dash gauge. Changed the oil and filter. Teed the gauge in at the OPS hose started it up and 40psi then started to drop 15-20psi then 0. No bearing noise, WTF. Shut off the motor bled gauge, same thing. Rev,ed the motor a little and then bearing noise came back . Drained the oil, filled a 5 gal bucket w/ oil and antifreeze, shit. Where did that come from 
. Did not cut open oil filter yet. Shut the hood and cried
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Motor was a new long block from Leroy,s maybe 2500 miles on it. Ran the new motor at first w/ non synthetic oil and then when to synthetic, as per Leroy. On here to get suggestions on how to attack this. Heres what I was going to do:
Cut open oil filter.
Fill it back up w/water.
Put oil in and filter.
Prime the oil pump by hand, watched the gauge I already installed.
Do a compression test.
Anything else? Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks guys. Glad to be back, missed you guys. Oh went out and bought a new truck.
. I believe my last post was April 25’. I had just finished my Optimizer build Remember? I think I may have wiped the main bearings. A little history: started up one morning and heard some bearing noise. Went to engine bay to see where it’s coming from, shut it off checked the oil. Half a quart low, that’s not it dammit . Restarted no bearing noise so took it up the street no noise. Watched oil gauge fluctuating some. Still no noise. Went to Auto Zone to get an oil gauge oil filter and oil, didn’t trust the dash gauge. Changed the oil and filter. Teed the gauge in at the OPS hose started it up and 40psi then started to drop 15-20psi then 0. No bearing noise, WTF. Shut off the motor bled gauge, same thing. Rev,ed the motor a little and then bearing noise came back . Drained the oil, filled a 5 gal bucket w/ oil and antifreeze, shit. Where did that come from . Did not cut open oil filter yet. Shut the hood and cried.Motor was a new long block from Leroy,s maybe 2500 miles on it. Ran the new motor at first w/ non synthetic oil and then when to synthetic, as per Leroy. On here to get suggestions on how to attack this. Heres what I was going to do:
Cut open oil filter.
Fill it back up w/water.
Put oil in and filter.
Prime the oil pump by hand, watched the gauge I already installed.
Do a compression test.
Anything else? Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks guys. Glad to be back, missed you guys. Oh went out and bought a new truck.
