View Single Post
  #11 (permalink)  
Old 07-15-2008, 05:51 AM
Tom Wells's Avatar
Tom Wells Tom Wells is offline
Senior Club Cobra Member
Visit my Photo Gallery

 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: St. Augustine, FL
Cobra Make, Engine: E-M / Power Performance / 521 stroker / Holley HP EFI
Posts: 1,926
Not Ranked     
Default

Rick,

There is a scraper built in to the Canton 460 pan. On this model, if you overfill the pan it makes the loss of oil pressure problem worse! BTW, when Canton says seven quarts, they mean including the oil filter. Their tech support recommends running a quart low!

I've had the pan off, checked to proper location of the pickup, no leaks in the mounting or pickup tube, proper operation of the trap doors surrounding the pickup. Still no joy.

BTW if you use a higher pressure or volume oil pump on a 460 you have a higher risk of distributor drive gear/cam gear failure.

Good advice, your #2 rule!

Tom
__________________
Wells's law of engine size: If it matters what gear you're in, the engine's too small!
Reply With Quote