Brad, I disconected the line going to the press gauge then used an air hose into the oil filler tube wrapped with a rag to put a slight pressure on the oil sump, when oil started oosing from the press line i hooked it back to the gauge, and all was well. Good luck, Larry C. N3452H 415cd, C85. --- WILLIAM BIGGS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Pull out the oil temperature bulb (the one that goes > to your temp gauge). fill that cavity with oil, use > an oil can. That cavity feeds directly to the oil > pump. Then put bulb back in and start the engine. > > This is a very common problem with small > continentals that sit for a period of time and have > some wear on the oil pump allowing it to lose prime. > > Bill > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Mon, 26 May 2008 23:36:52 > +0000Subject: [ercoupe-tech] oil pressure > > > > > I could use a little advice....flew my "new" ercoupe > N933PS, Ser 3319, from Dayton Ohio to home in > Jacksonville, Fl 2 days ago and had absolutely no > problem along the way. Today I started the engine > and had no, zero, oil pressure. Checked for obvious > problems and found none. then pulled the oil line > from the oil pump to the fire wall where the line is > connected to a line going through to the oil > pressure guage and had good pressure. Could it be > the oil pressure guage itself failed or is it > probable that the line from the fire wall to the > guage is pluged? Or something else? Any > recommendations would be appreciated.BradN933PS > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Change the world with e-mail. Join the im > Initiative from Microsoft. > http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?source=EML_WL_ChangeWorld
