Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 07:44:17 -0400 From: "Eric Law" <elawnopsamexxx.com> Subject: Re: HELP ME!!NO OIL PRESSURE!!!
Rob, Naturally, it's a bit of a guessing game what the problem is, but let me take a shot at it. It sounds like perhaps the O-ring on the pickup has deteriorated and cracked. Thus, when the pump tries to draw oil, it instead gets air. Since air flows so much easier than oil, it wouldn't take a very large crack to make this happen. Unfortunately, the only option here is to yank the engine, at which point hopefully the problem will be obvious. Another, much less likely possibility: have you verified that the oil pump is actually turning? If the key shears off on the lower cam chain sprocket, the cams will not turn, and neither will the oil pump. Good luck! Eric Law T1hirst <t1hirstnopsamcom> wrote in message news:19990615012653.14224.00002231nopsamx1.aol.com... > thank you very much for your advise, this is my first posting and appreciate > all / any input. I tried putting oil down the pressure side to no avail. I > put a total of 2 1/2 gallons in the pan and that didn't help. If I blow in the > filler tube, some does come out of the hole that leads to the pickup tube, so I > don't think the pickup screen is clogged. At this point I think the only > possible solution is to pull the damn engine to see if the pickup tube is > damaged or the O-ring is bad. > > I really don't want to pull the engine (especially without a garage) but if no > one can think of a solution, it is my only option. > > Thanks again Rob.
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