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Old 10-22-2012, 12:19 PM   #5
blucar
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Default Re: Low oil pressure in my 292

I have ran a lot of vehicles with Y block Ford engines, mostly pickups, F-100/250/350. I always used Castrol GTX 20/50... The earlier Y Blocks all had the canister type of oil filter, where as the '59's and later had the spin on type.. I always converted my engines over to the spin-on type filter..
I would venture the guess that we put in excess of 1,000,000 miles on the vehicle we had with the Y Blocks.... Never had a problem with plugged oil passages, which is so common on the Y Blocks.. I have had engines run over 150k before they had to be rebuilt.
The engine in my '57 Bird has over 25k on it since it was rebuilt in 1982.. I have two '59 F-100 4x4's.. Other than normal maintenance neither of the engines in the 4x's have been apart since the mid 1970's...
Good detergent multi-grade oil like Castrol GTX 20/50 works great in all of the older engines... I also use GTX in my 59AB engine in my '36 Ford and the 403 CID engine in my '49 Olds...
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