HELP!!! 1968 Oil Gauge
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HELP!!! 1968 Oil Gauge
I have a 1968 327. It has never dripped a drop of oil in its life with me. I go to start it this morning, and it runs for a minute, makes a few clicking noises, and dumps oil all over the place. When I realized what the clicking was I was in such a hurry to get the engine turned off, that I didn't see where the oil was coming from. I did notice, after the fact, that the clear plastic tube, which I am assuming goes to the oil gauge, was disconnected. I am assuming that it connects to the nipple on the top of the block, behind the intake manifold, right? Would the oil coming out of there be enough to dump a considerable amount in a minute or so?? PLEASE HELP, I hope I didn't hurt my baby. Thanks
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From: Austin Texas
Yes, you will lose alot of oil from the fitting in little time. Put a new hose or end on the hose if it's long enough. Your engine is probably fine. Try to fix the end that goes to the engine block. The other end behind the gauge is a PITA to get to, and the fitting is hard to replace if broken. G/L
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Yes, one minute at idle could pump a lot of oil out of the intake connection. Sounds like the clear plastic tube from the sender to the gauge broke if the pipe fitting is still in the block. You may have to go to the auto parts store and get a new ferrule, clip the old one off if you have enough tubbing left, install the new ferrule on the tube and into the pipe fitting and reinstall in the block. Make sure it is snug but don't over tighten as the same thing may reoccur. Check your oil level and add accordingly. It's unlikely you harmed your engine.
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Originally Posted by 1968vertcop
I am assuming that it connects to the nipple on the top of the block, behind the intake manifold, right?
Mine comes out from the bottom of the engine... towards the back. Mine is curly copper, but I have heard some replacements are plastic.
What you are describing sounds to me like the main vacuum port on the intake manifold. Of course, a photo would be very useful here.........
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Thanks everyone, I am going to dive into it today, I will let you know the outcome. And PRNDL, I am pretty sure it is the oil pressure gauge and not anything vacuum. I shouldn't have oil coming out of anywhere there is vacuum. On mine (68) there should be a nut, or something like it, with a tube running from it through the closest hole in the fire wall. Mine was a clear plastic tube, and I knew it had something to do with the oil because there was still oil remnants in it. But thanks for the info.
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Thanks for all of your help. I never ceases to amaze me the knowledge and support that I get on this board. Anyways, yes that was what was causing my leak. The plastic tubing hand come out of the fitting. So I went and got new 1/8" ferrells, put it all back together, test drove it and.......still a leak. Sometime during the whole operation the tubing had gotten bent and a pin size hole developed. So I went back to the parts store and got a brass coupling for the tubing, and she works good a new. The hardest part was getting the shielding off and on from around the distributor and coil. So all in all not that hard of a fix... thank god for that. Again thanks everyone for the help, it is always greatly appreciated.
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From: Lavonia Georgia
Originally Posted by markdtn
That old tubing is a time bomb. I'd replace it all before it breaks again.
Had my dash down for other stuff and decided to replace it all just as a precaution. That line gets old and brittle and can cause a lot more heartache if the end that blows out is in the interior!