oil pressure problem
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my problem is this, car worked fine and never had a oil pressure problem, then i re-mounted the oil cooler up high and sent the car to the body shop. it sat there for 6 months and in starting needed to be back filled with oil. now its been home for a couple of weeks and i started it but shut it down due to no oil pressure.

i will back fill it and try again but, whats going on.

1. is it the oil cooler location. it is positioned to drain out(does this matter)
2. is it the old oil that i need to change
3. oil pump/gasket. but it worked before
4. is it just me and a simple solution

Could well be like you say that the cooler being up high is giving the oil enough "head" to drain back down into the gearbox causing the problems you have.

Look at it logically; if that is the only thing you have changed then surely that must have something to do with it, unless you've altered something else at the same time?

I've always fitted oil coolers with the unions at the top personally.

Can you easilly 'flip' the cooler to check - although I think the answer is pretty obvious as Tom pointed out.

there are 2 things that have changed!

the first was the location of the oil cooler. but i cant move it as its all in a van and there is no space, trust me theres no space.

the second thing was standing for such a long time and the oil could be cack

my thought was that the oil cooler was after the pump so should not affect things, as its the pump failing to suck

How long did you spin it for before switching it off?

Sometimes takes a minute to get pressure after its been standing.

I'd take the plugs out and give it a long spin on the starter.

Also check the gauge.

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i remember back in the day, turbophil was having oil pressure problems, and that was because his oiul cooler was too high

fit it somewhere else lower down

If its fitted in the normal place, where the oil feed pipe normaly goes, then it needs to pressurise, if its emptied by syphon it will take a bit of time to fill by the pump, best is to relocate it lower.

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sounds like i have to do away with the oil cooler then as there is no space.

a small 6 row cooler will be up to the job if you have not much room