Oil pan install / o ring question
Oil pan install / o ring question For my swap Im using a iron 5.3 with an fbody pan. Not done much work on ls series before, but I keep seeing threads on people with oil pressure problems and it keeps mentioning this "o ring". Is that the o ring on the pickup tube?
My new one is blue, I thought I remember reading about different colors, is one newer than the others?
To my knowledge people pinch this o ring, how? Just over tightening? What would that have anything to do with it? How can I avoid screwing this up?
My new one is blue, I thought I remember reading about different colors, is one newer than the others?
To my knowledge people pinch this o ring, how? Just over tightening? What would that have anything to do with it? How can I avoid screwing this up?
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From: Alpharetta, Ga
What they do is they leave that O-ring inside the oil pump and when fitting the pickup tube back onto the oil pump, they cut it with the pick up tube. You want to put that O-ring on the pickup tube first and then seat the pick-up tube back into the oil pump.
The blue one should be the factory GM o-ring for a non-truck pickup tube which is what you are using. As stated above, install the o-ring on the tube first, lightly oil it then insert into the pump body.
Shane
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