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Ok, here's how it happened...A brand new rebuilt motor with the .30 over pistons, rings, all new bearings, valves and springs, cams still in excellent shape, professional head work and all. Ran the car about 42 miles at pretty easy revs, didn't push it at all. Got about two miles from home and heard a clunk, motor shut off right away. Flatdecked the car home, pulled the belt off to find the oil pump seized up solid. Had my engine shop look at the part and made a new one out of older good condition parts, put it back on and ran the car for about half a minute, no oil pressure, shut it down. Tried again and the exhaust cam had seized. Pulled everything apart on top end and oil pump didn't pull any oil up at all, oil filter was still empty, as was oil cooler. Drained oil again and even poured oil down the oil pickup pipe with the auxiliary housing off, oil went into the pan blew air through some oil passages, no blockage...HELP..anybody go through any of this before?
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