NEW BUILD NO OIL PRESSURE :eek:

[crusacargen]

i just recently rebuilt my engine. i put new gaskets but I'm not getting any oil pressure. I spun the oil pump with a drill but still there is no oil pressure. when I removed the pickup tube the gasket ripped so I rtv'd it cud b the problem? I changed the oil pump and housing twice and still no luck. I looked at the lubrication of the system but I'm out of ideas. Please any ideas or thots would b helpful

 

[jasjamz]

spin the rotating assembly a few times while using the drill to prime the system

 

[mygn276]

You need to pack the pump gears with vaseline. Then spin your pump:wink:

 

[crusacargen]

Yea I tried cranking the engine while spinning the drill but no luck there

 

[crusacargen]

You need to pack the pump gears with vaseline. Then spin your pump:wink:

I forgot this method, I will try this and see what happens, if not i will try to hook up a vacuum line to c if it is the pump thats causing this whole mishap. Just an idea might work.

 

[TurboSpeed]

Did you take out your oil galley plugs when you were rebuilding and forgot to put them back in? Just a thought.

 

[incharge]

you need to spin the drill on reverse I think

 

[Just a Six??]

you need to spin the drill on reverse I think

Not with vaseline. I never have on about 10 rebuilds so he probably just needs the vaseline trick or backfill feed tube but to me thats more work than the vaseline method?

 

[WarWagon]

Word! that is more work. +1 for vasoline or grease in the pump cavity.

 

[crusacargen]

no I didn't remove the oil galley plugs this time around so that shouldn't be a problem but I see your point. Ok I will proceed with the oil packing and reverse drill method. If not I will let you guys know. I injured my knee so I won't be able to work on it for a while. Thanks guys

 

[bison]

Id replace the pickup gasket if it tore. RTV is not a good idea on that gasket. Id use some blue loctite on the bolts. Then use the petroleum jelly in the gears

 

[LOT]

drill

Drill runs forward, not reverse.

 

[turbofabricator]

YES, the drill needs to turn the drive shaft in a CLOCKWISE rotation looking down on it. (NORMAL rotation NOT reverse!)

 

[Just a Six??]

YES, the drill needs to turn the drive shaft in a CLOCKWISE rotation looking down on it. (NORMAL rotation NOT reverse!)

Thats what I have always done but I read posts about drill in reverse? Maybe when you backfeed the oil lines? Never tried that way myself so I have no idea?

 

[ericttype]

no I didn't remove the oil galley plugs this time around so that shouldn't be a problem but I see your point. Ok I will proceed with the oil packing and reverse drill method. If not I will let you guys know. I injured my knee so I won't be able to work on it for a while. Thanks guys

i had the same problem, i filled the oil filter up and spun the drill in reverse that gets oil to the gears then spin in normal rotation it primes right up after i did that, good luck