Oil Pump Woes

[bsdlinux]

Had low oil pressure about 2 months ago. Parked the car.
Finally had a chance to remove the oil pan and check the bearings, everything looks great. However, I did find crap ( gasket material on my oil screen ) enough to cause a problem it seems with oil pressure.

I went ahead replaced the oil screen( new Melling ) and re-installed oil pan. Added oil. I have no cooler line adapter so I filled up the filter with oil.

I tried priming the engine but no new oil in filter and I couldn't feel the oil pump gears load up. Removed the oil pump cover. Oil pump gears look ok, no damaged but not a lot of oil came out when I removed the cover.

1. I need to pack the gears and cover with petroleum jelly, right?
2. As far as the spring and relief valve, how do I confirm they are not sticking open/close?

Pretty sure the oil pump went dry when the oil screen was plugged. But like I said I haven't seen any damage anywhere.

 

[turbosam6]

I'd figure out where the gasket material came from first, but yes, packing the pump with petrolium jelly does help. If you didn't do that just keep trying, it may prime on its own with a drill. I've done it both ways. Good luck

 

[bsdlinux]

Gasket Material ?? - Previous owner did a timing chain replacement. Found orange RTV on the oil screen. This was the same RTV that was used on the front of the oil pan because of a sealing issue I guess.

All of that has been rectified now. New oil pan gasket, oil pan has been cleaned, etc...Engine is clean as a whistle, only 6K on rebuild.

Been trying to prime pump for a while, definitely will need the petroleum jelly.

Wasn't sure if the valve was sticking.

 

[JayLashua]

we used the starter method with noe cm hookedup.. dkidnt work.. must use a drill.. doesnt even have to be a powerful one, a regular run of the mills power drill should be able to handle that NO PROBLEM.

 

[bsdlinux]

Vaseline and priming tool, worked great. Oil pressure is great. No more sewing machine noise from the valve train.

 

[MSDGN]

This is the procedure I use...works every time:

http://www.gnttype.org/techarea/engine/PRIMING.html

...only thing I do different is use a small funnel to pour oil into the cooler line...

 

[bsdlinux]

Yes That is the correct procedure if you have a cooler adapter. This car didn't have the cooler adapter.

 

[MSDGN]

Sorry...missed that in the original post...