This guy knows his stuff, especially after watching the other videos, I believe it is a good idea! I still have a promblem with an engine miss until i accelerate moderately then it clears up. Maybe its the nasty oil

 

I think you guys are right. Like I said in my first post, nothing said about this in the book. I think I will change my oil every 5,000 miles and forget about it.

 

After seeing what came out of my HPOP reservoir, I don't see any reason to disagree with you Rick, but I have enjoyed this discussion. I was thinking of having an oil analysis done anyway, so I'll just go ahead and get the HPOP checked at the same time for shi** & grins.

 

Chris, I think you have the right idea. But, I think you need to send a sample of the oil from the pan to get a real comparison of the two. If they are the same, you will put this to rest. . After reading your post again, I think that is what you are doing.

 

I'll be looking forward to the results of the HPOP vs Pan UOA. It will be very telling. Maybe then I'll be able to rep you. Can't right now.

 

I don't have a pump. I have a huge syringe with a hose on it. It sucks about a quarter of a quart out at a time. I got it somewhere for 50 cents. And that is how i currently put fresh back in. Until i get a turkey baster as a funnel. I just never liked the idea of oil in there that don't drain and i have access to removing it. The time it takes is a few minutes. Usually as long as it takes to drain the pan. I always thought it was how an oil change procedure was supposed to be. Someone from work told me about it(maybe he seen the video). If there is old oil hiding in there somewhere i like to get it out if is fairly simple and quick.

 

Isn't this the one and the same oil rail system that we add our HPX lines to? If so, I'll gladly report that my oil coming through these ports were nice and clean when I installed mine and my brothers, shortly after oil changes too.

 

I got the stuff together for my mayo jar evacuator. I had most of the stuff laying around. I am going to build one soon and check the HPOP oil for contamination. I am really interested in making this thing for removing oil and fuel from the cylinders during injector change. I am putting a piece of brake line on the end of clear tubing that can "reach" thru the injector or GP hole to suck out the fluids. I am anxious to try this out with my homemade a/c vacuum pump to see how this will work.

Rick,
If this works, I'll be ready for the injector install. We'll be ordering'em up soon!

 

Good job on building the sucker. lol. Yeah, will come in handy for the injector change. Will keep from getting oil all over my engine. I want to see how your HPOP oil will look like compared to the pan.

 

I figuired getting fresh and clean oil to moving parts is always a good idea,
I had about 3/4 of a quart laying around so I plulled to plug on my HPOP and sucked out about 3/4 quart and replaced it with fresh.
I won't be doing any oil analysis but I can tell you the oil I pulled out of the HPOP was very black. I have about 2K on my oil change and my dipstick just has a bit of darkness on the oil in the pan, The oil from the HPOP was much, much darker.
I will get some Syn Rotella T and try to flush the oil out of my HPOP as the Powerstrokehelp guy suggests.
Seems like a good idea.

Jerry

 

Question fellas,
I went to go look at this oil revisor and the cap with the alin wrench whole in it is striped. Any advice on how it get this out?

 

Vice grips, channel locks, or a simple extractor.

 

You can try tapping on top with a hammer to loosen it up and use vise grips. Or, a chisel and hammer, catching it on the edge with the chisel and hitting the chisel in the loose direction. You could cut a slot in the plug with a hacksaw so you could turn it later with a screwdriver.

 

Humm, Ryan and Jerry had to different experiences with this. I guess the oil samples will be the way to give this a rest.

 

I am about to do an oil change right away. I was going to do it this weekend but landscaping duties took over. Pop, Rick, or someone tell me how you want me to do this for scientific purposes and I will report back any results.
My thoughts are:
Drain my crank case, then drain my HPOP reservoir. What if we wait a few minutes once the first quart is drained from the res. will more oil from this system bleed back into the res. or just sit in the rails? (I know it bleeds out of the HPX line ports.) The video says 3 quarts are in this system. If nothing happens, I'll add oil to the reservoir and wait a few minutes and see if it is draining down, and what color it is when it drains down to the pan, (maybe it is mixing and flushing HPOP oil down?) or would I only be getting the overflow oil from the reservoir?
Let me know, I will do it once or 3 times if asked. I don't much care, I just want to know for sure.