Oil pressure gauge problem

steven1213 · 03-10-2008, 10:01 AM

I recently bought a 350 engine (year-1982) from a wrecking yard. The brass piece at the rear of the engine where the oil pressure gauge mounts was broke off flush with the block. Does anyone know how to fix this or should I just plug it up and go without the gauge? The engine is going into my 1976 K20.

03chevy · 03-10-2008, 11:14 AM

you can get a set of easy-outs and unscrew it out and put a new sencer back in

mrjohnwayne · 03-10-2008, 02:21 PM

Ditto to the ez-out. being brass it should not be frozen in there probably just brok off when they removed the engine. Should be fairly easy to remove.

by the way. You really don't ever want to go without an oil pressure gauge.

steven1213 · 03-10-2008, 02:38 PM

Thanks alot guys. I will see if Napa has them when I go get my gaskets.--Steve

gmctrucks · 03-10-2008, 04:09 PM

GRABIT Damaged Screw Remover
Check this out I think Sears sells something like this.

jdfenske · 03-10-2008, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrjohnwayne

by the way. You really don't ever want to go without an oil pressure gauge.

bought my 94 dakota. oil gauge never worked. don't have any intentions to fix it either. burns a quart every 5000 miles, and by then it's changed anyways.

in my opinion, if lifters collapse or rods start hammering, gauge or not, something's gone wrong.

i think oil pressure gauges are way overrated and inaccurate. i think most people forget that's the pressure before it goes through the engine. 99% of the time that's not the pressure at the crankshaft, unless it's just rolled off the lot.

lonestar1128 · 03-11-2008, 10:35 AM

i was 4 wheeling in my 73 and a coupling in the oil pressure gauge line came apart.. sprayed oil everywhere and i wouldnt have known if i didnt see the gauge go to zero. maybe not accurate, but it saved me from losing all the oil through that line. my name is patrick, and i approve of oil pressure gauges.

crabtruck · 03-12-2008, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by lonestar1128

..... my name is patrick, and i approve of oil pressure gauges.

LOL that's unseizonably funny

mrjohnwayne · 03-12-2008, 08:06 PM

hahahahahahaha

keithr0005005 · 03-12-2008, 09:51 PM

in my opinion, if lifters collapse or rods start hammering, gauge or not, something's gone wrong.

i think oil pressure gauges are way overrated and inaccurate. i think most people forget that's the pressure before it goes through the engine. 99% of the time that's not the pressure at the crankshaft, unless it's just rolled off the lot.

i totally disagree with you. an oil pressure guage is just as important as a temp guage which is why its there in the first place.

03-10-2008, 10:01 AM	#1
steven1213 Full Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 16	Oil pressure gauge problem I recently bought a 350 engine (year-1982) from a wrecking yard. The brass piece at the rear of the engine where the oil pressure gauge mounts was broke off flush with the block. Does anyone know how to fix this or should I just plug it up and go without the gauge? The engine is going into my 1976 K20.

03-10-2008, 11:14 AM	#2
03chevy Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: jax,fl Posts: 1,052	you can get a set of easy-outs and unscrew it out and put a new sencer back in __________________ A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste!

03-10-2008, 02:21 PM	#3
mrjohnwayne Moderator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 3,220	Ditto to the ez-out. being brass it should not be frozen in there probably just brok off when they removed the engine. Should be fairly easy to remove. by the way. You really don't ever want to go without an oil pressure gauge. __________________ John Wayne 2000 F-350 7.3L Powerstroke 4x4

03-10-2008, 02:38 PM	#4
steven1213 Full Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 16	Thanks Thanks alot guys. I will see if Napa has them when I go get my gaskets.--Steve

03-11-2008, 10:35 AM	#7
lonestar1128 Full Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 44	i was 4 wheeling in my 73 and a coupling in the oil pressure gauge line came apart.. sprayed oil everywhere and i wouldnt have known if i didnt see the gauge go to zero. maybe not accurate, but it saved me from losing all the oil through that line. my name is patrick, and i approve of oil pressure gauges. __________________ 73 K20 4spd manual 6" w/35x12.50 BFG's 95 Tahoe LT 2dr/4WD 6" w/35x12.50 BFG's

03-10-2008, 04:09 PM	#5
gmctrucks Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Houston,Texas Posts: 1,959	GRABIT Damaged Screw Remover Check this out I think Sears sells something like this.

03-12-2008, 08:06 PM	#9
mrjohnwayne Moderator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 3,220	hahahahahahaha __________________ John Wayne 2000 F-350 7.3L Powerstroke 4x4

03-12-2008, 09:51 PM	#10
keithr0005005 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 156	in my opinion, if lifters collapse or rods start hammering, gauge or not, something's gone wrong. i think oil pressure gauges are way overrated and inaccurate. i think most people forget that's the pressure before it goes through the engine. 99% of the time that's not the pressure at the crankshaft, unless it's just rolled off the lot. i totally disagree with you. an oil pressure guage is just as important as a temp guage which is why its there in the first place.

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