Sounds like your oil preasure releif valve may be stuck but just my $.02
Michael Sykes wrote:
> okay guys, this is some bad news.....
>
> the mighty premag, the one known as ooV6, the legendary Magnum Spankin' premag... may be on it's last legs.
>
> Here are the symptoms:
> 1.) unusually high oil pressure. reading damn near the "H", but with the right amount of oil in the pan, and a new oil sending unit, and leaking main seals
> 2.) smoke comin' out of everything. Tailpipe, oil filler hole worries me the most. The smoke (and a lot of it) comes out of the pipe only under heavy throttle at higher RPMs.
> 3.) she goes through oil like I go through beer. I'm talkin' a quart every week and a half.
> 4.) black residue on my bumper and tail pipe.
>
> I'm thinkin' it's time for Piston rings.. ie, rebuild. Does anyone know about how much a rebuild may cost?
>
> I do have a master plan tho...
>
> If I can get a rebuild for cheap, I may put a set of Magnum heads on it, and a V8 TB. Along with the headers and all the stuff I have now, I'll be a V8 terrorizing 6er =) hehehehe (evil grin)....
> hhhmmmmm..
>
> anyway, rebuild... how much? anyone??
>
> -mike d.
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