LOW OIL PRESSURE 360 AMC

Lucas is the best stuff on earth and the only reason my scared up MG crank redneck rebuild has 17K of sprited miles on it when it should have been junked. Like Franks said, sticky stuff great for cold start protection.

I've used Lucas Oil Stabilizer in motors, diffs, manual and automatic transmissions for years. It will bring viscosity up just a little, maybe as much as STP and similar oil treatments ("motor honey"), but not very much. The real clincher is this stuff is sticky, so a little lube stays on parts instead of all running off. Up to 10% in an auto trans will firm shifts, but I've never run more than a quart in an auto (most hold over 10 quarts total, I think the M-35 I ran it in all the time held either 11 or 12, so just under 10). It will firm shifts just enough to notice, but not a lot. I run about 20-25% in my Jag IRS. I tried running it 100% once (says it can be in diffs), but the diff was well worn and 100% Lucas made it a bit noisy -- it's obviously not as thick as 95/140 gear oil (or was that 85/120 or something like that?). Adding 20-25% doesn't make any noticeable difference in noise. I use 1/2 a quart in my motorcycle every other oil change. Holds four quarts, engine and trans oil is shared. If I go more than every other change the trans gets a little noisier, just enough to notice. It's a GS1000G with roughly 90-100K on it now. Benn doing that for the last 40K at least. 

Ken,

How much stabilizer oil did you add to the crank..?

i wouldnt worry about the low oil pressure at idel as long as it goes up to at least 35-60lbs as soon as you rev it up.did you sand the oil-pump plate smooth and check the clearance?the pump housing wears pretty fast unless you get the mid-plate.make sure you run a napa wix filter not a fram because the fram clog up pretty fast and you loose your oil-pressure.

Edited by american opel - Apr/21/2012 at 8:24am

 I'm anxious about the midplate too, but it hasn't come yet. Post from WA is slower than I expected, I guess.