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Old 04-07-2009, 03:48 PM
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I'm with Madmaxx in that if you still have oil pressure then a good cleaning and bearing swap (done in the car) is feasible. Last year I started to lose oil pressure and upon inspection of my main bearings had this to look at:



So the bearings were surely going (on a motor with only 10,000 miles at the time) and something worked its way into the oiling system. The crank was still shiny with no scoring so I swapped out all the mains and even swapped out the connecting rod bearings just to be safe (they weren't even close to showing signs of wear like these mains were). I also swapped in a fresh oil pump and gently flushed the oil cooler and all lines. This brought my oil pressures back to where they should be and so far so good.

Good luck!

-Dean
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