[T3] No oil pressure

[Bobsnotch at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/10/2013 11:40:25 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
djsanderson at telus.net writes:
 
Since I had no oil pressure and was not willing to continuing  running it, 
so I pulled the engine out of the car and set it on a stand where  I could 
turn it over with a battery and starter and look for problems. I am  assuming 
that with some cranking there should be enough oil pressure to turn  the 
light off. Thinking that perhaps I have made a stupid goof and forgot to  put 
the gears in the oil pump I removed the cover but they were there and  
everything seemed fine. Turn the engine over and the pump gears move. I then  
went through a number of steps, including removing the deep oil sump (thinking  
there was a pickup problem), changed out the Gene Berg oil pump cover plate 
 and used a Scat version, finally swapping out the 26 mm pump and 
installing a  stock 21 mm pump - none of these had any impact. There is still no oil  
pressure.
 
Dave, 
About the only thing I can think of, is that there might be an  obstruction 
in the pick up tube. I had an engine fail in the garage due to the  pick up 
tube getting clogged. It might be worth a look, since you've got it on  the 
stand. Other than that, fill the filter, and maybe the lines too, in an  
attempt to get rid of any air in the lines.  

Bob 65  Notch S w/Sunroof and IRS aka Krusty
64 T-34 Ghia aka Wolfie
71  Square-vert under  construction


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