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    oil pressure troubles

    i have a 72 455 thats been running great,but last time we ran it,it felt boggy,looked and had no oil pressure.shut it down and the next day rolled it over and had oil pressure,so i cranked it and oil pressure was like normal 65 to 70 lbs@idle {900 rpms} cold,after 20 or 30 seconds oil pressure got real eradic jumping from 70 to 40 and back and forth so i shut it down.anyone got any ideas

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    My first thoughts would be a sucktion problem. Could be a faulty pick up assembly, loose pickup assembly or faulty gasket. I just lost my oil pressure due to a broken rocker arm shaft, but that was total lose.


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    thanks thats a good place to start.

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