hmmm i think this is the oil pressure problem

1989 daytona shelby 2.2 turbo II

Took the valve cover off today to find out where the noise is coming from and started the motor up and lo and behold I think I found my oil pressure problem.



Car has great pressure when cold but when it warms up, the lifters start rattling and pressure drops to 0 at idle

tightened the cap down about 10 NM more than spec and here is the oil spurt now

[rmo64]

what exactly happened to your t2, cuz it sounds like the same thing mine was doing.

skirt on piston 3 busted off, rings were bad

[rmo64]

were u losing oil pressure when the engine got warm

yes i was and i think the above was the problem, i have to go and get a valve cover gasket cause my other one was trashed, that is a rebuilt motor, although it did the same before rebuild too

[lametec]

Did you use anaerobic "gasket eliminator" on the end cam caps?

no i sure didnt, are you supposed to coat the whole bottom of it except not near the journals

[lametec]

Pretty much. You don't need to coat the whole bottom, as when you torque it down it'll squeeze out anyway.

and it would gush out like that if not used? I have some left over that i used on my oil pump