I have a oil presure problem and look for answers. Here is what I have. New engine never ran (454).

The first start. It started quickly after fixing the timing (had timing 180 out at first). When the engine started it then built oil pressure. You could here the lifters build and idle improve, but never indicated oil presure. I put a mechanical gage on and still no oil presure. I have pull the remote oil filter off and put just a oil filter on. When the oil filter was off I pumped the engine with a corded drill and oil shot out. I am stumped. I have flow and it appears good flow. Any suggestion are helpful. Thanks

Are U sure the remote oil lines are correct? If you have them backwards and are using a good filter, it will block the flow off instead of letting it go through. Did you prime the engine with the drill before firing it up for the very first time?

John S.

Yes I primed the engine before starting. I also always build with bearing guard. The engine has a remote oil filter locator, but I already took it off to see if that was the problem. I have flow to the remote oil filter. When I had the filter off I primed the engine with a corded drill shot oil all over the transume. I also am now just using a pad mounted filter.

I is strange that there appears to be good flow but no oil pressure.

Where do you have the sending unit or mechanical gauge located to read the oil pressure?

Directly above the oil filter where the stock sending unit would go. Is there another location where i could sense the oil presure? Thanks

My senders are on the back, top of the block, by the distrib.

My oil pressure sender unit is also located in the back of the block. I have my temp sender located where you have your pressure sender at. I can never get a correct reading with temp at that location.

So if you take the sending unit out of the block and crank it over do you get oil from that port?

I need to check and see

Where are the oil ports by the distributor? I would like to try a different oil port for to see if there is a internal block problem or the opening wasn't drilled?