Oil pump failure??

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Apr 15, 2017 | 05:48 PM

#31

wscott

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Originally Posted by speakerfritz

how do we test an oil pump? disconnect spark plug.....pull oil filter....crank engine...see if oil squrits all over the place???? maybe the problem is a sending unit????

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Thats a good suggestion that could very well be the issue too.

Apr 15, 2017 | 11:28 PM

#32

rocket23

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Originally Posted by shooter5074

Your low (25 psi would not cause that failure) oil pressure was probably a symptom and not the cause.

A lot of techs will fire up an engine when they do an oil change to pump out more oil after the drain. No damage.

Again 25 psi would NOT cause that failure.

thank god...I'm at 32

Aug 26, 2017 | 07:56 PM

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2wheelrider

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From: Camarillo CA 60mi North of.L.A.on coast

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Originally Posted by 1931jamesw

You'll probably want to pull the engine completely and split the cases to make sure nothing is in the crank case housing. When you do this, you might as well do a crank bearing upgrade, true the crank and plug and weld it and you might even want to add a stroker set up. If youre really lucky, it wont look too bad when you open up the cam chest and you can just replace what needs it in the cam chest but if your cam bearing journals are trashed and your lifter bores are trashed, you cant even use the cases.

Ya, since you lost oil pressure you might as well rebuild the whole engine...HA,HA,HA What a joke!

Aug 27, 2017 | 12:17 AM

#34

Veekness

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Originally Posted by 2wheelrider

Ya, since you lost oil pressure you might as well rebuild the whole engine...HA,HA,HA What a joke!

Help me out here...exactly what's the joke? If you clarify a bit, I might agree with you, but so far, I'm of the mind that if you lose oil pressure and there's parts swimming around in that engine, a rebuild is the proscribed solution!