No oil pressure

only really thick cold oil would register on my oil pressure gauge when I first got my car-- fixed the problem by removing it --:)
 
Check your dipstick first, then undo the gauge and see if oil gushes out when you crank it over. If not drop the pan
 
In the day, the accessory gauges were usually only 0-10 psi. A stock model A may have 8-10 psi cold and 4-5 psi hot, while running along at 40-45 mph and almost 0 at idle.

A lot of gauges installed later on were 0-30 or 0-60 psi. These gauges may show little or no reading at all.

My opinion.

Chris W.
 
What Mitch said is what you should do. You may need to pry the oil return pipe away from the block a fraction of an inch to allow some oil out. I usually put a small matchstick between the pipe and the block to maintain a gap. If you have no oil...shut it down quickly. It may take a few seconds after starting for oil to fill the valve chamber and find its way down the tube.
Good Day!
 
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Dave in MN said:
What Mitch said is what you should do. You may need to pry the oil return pipe away from the block a fraction of an inch to allow some oil out. If you have no oil...shut it down quickly. It may take a few seconds after starting for oil to fill the valve chamber and find its way down the tube.
Good Day!
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Actually I had it take longer for the oil to work its way down...
Thanks for adding to move the pipe back a little
 
if this is a dipper motor , a few #s when cold , but only 1-3# warm . it is a free flow system with only minimum pressure .
 
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