Gauge reads 0 Oil pressure and overheating

[sassyrel]

heats driving down the road--how much trash in the cooling fins in the rad??????--and youd be surprised how much bugs can plug em!!! mine was in a flood--had fixed by fall, drove the the winter, first warm spring day, temp started climbing!!!!!!! stopped and let it cool cool--three times to get home--rad was full of bugs and dirt from flood---carwashed it clean---no problems since----------

 

[typ4]

Also the rad could be plugged internally as little as 20 percent and cause it to heat.
Again, I dont like oil additives. And you should never take a trip with that crap in there just around town then change it. That way it wont mess with you on the road, but you know that now.
Have a safe trip home

 

[6 Nebraska IDIs]

MADE IT HOME!!!
I'll post pics of the haul in another thread a little later.
Just wanted to tell everyone we made it without blowing the engine up. Really didnt have a whole lot of trouble with it coming back. It got darn warm a couple times, and we pulled it over and ran water over the radiator until it was down to the N and it would be fine for a long time. Then we'd climb another big $&%^#&* hill and it would heat all the way up to the top of the Normal bracket, pull over at a truck stop and cool it down with water again.
But we made it, and didnt destroy the engine doing it!

 

[subway]

time for a set of mechanical gauges.

summed up well, glad you made it back ok.

 

[Agnem]

My prescription - Take 2 gauges (oil presure, temp) off the shelf, install, and call me in the morning.

On the coolant bottle issue, sounds like your overflow tube either has a vacuum leak, or there is a problem with the radiator cap. Sounds like it isn't sucking the coolant back in when the engine cools.

 

[kcw12]

Sounds like his whole cooling problem is the radiator cap. Put one on and go try to get her hot and bothered.....

 

[6 Nebraska IDIs]

I just replaced it with a new one right before we left, so it could be an issue. What is it supposed to be, the 7lb one or the 14lb one?