RE the gulping noises... you're not trying to run a waterboxer without an
oil filler cap, are you? It won't tolerate any such leaks to the system
(check your rubber air intake connections) and will run horribly.

Probably not related to your OP light problem, though.

Jim

On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Edward Maglott <emaglott3@gmail.com> wrote:

> So you added a quart and then how much more?  This oil cooler sounds
> like it adds quite a bit of capacity to the oil system.  Seems like
> the guy who made it would know exactly how much.
>
> Edward
>
>
> At 07:09 PM 5/22/2011, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>
>> I just installed tencentlife's external oil cooler kit. The instructions
>> were to then start the engine, wait for the oil pressure lamp to go out,
>> then shut it off and top off the oil.
>>
>> The oil pressure lamp never came on, so I let the engine run and idle a
>> few moments, then shut it off.
>>
>> Is there a way to test the oil pressure lamp?
>>
>> I check the oil level and before we started the work, the oil was just
>> above the lower notch on the dipstick. Now it was off the bottom end. So
>> I put in a quart and re-started the engine.
>>
>> It sounded like crap. Couldn't hold a idle, rattled like drained down
>> hydraulic lifters. Shut it off, check oil level. Still below the
>> dipstick, added more, restarted. Could barely idle. There were gulping
>> sounds coming out of the oil filler neck.
>>
>> Shut off, add more oil now it's above the lower notch and idling and
>> sounding fine.
>>
>