No oil pressure!! Oil flow schematic?
No oil pressure!! Oil flow schematic? Ok, long story short, a guy traded motors and had it dissasembled/cleaned. He then put it back together with new bearings. Motor has no oil pressure. Brings it to me, i figure out he reused the oil pick up o ring and put a new one on. No dice. So i pull the filter and it shoots oil out, so oil is definatly getting that far.
It's not a bad oil pressure sensor, the sensor is bone dry.
So where does the oil go to after the filter? Anyone have a detailed schematic? I'm hoping there is an oil plug somewhere that got left out, cause i don't feel like pullin this motor out.
So far i have verified that the front oil plug (drivers side next to pump) is there and so is the oil diverter (barbell looking plug) is there too.
Any ideas?
It's not a bad oil pressure sensor, the sensor is bone dry.
So where does the oil go to after the filter? Anyone have a detailed schematic? I'm hoping there is an oil plug somewhere that got left out, cause i don't feel like pullin this motor out.
So far i have verified that the front oil plug (drivers side next to pump) is there and so is the oil diverter (barbell looking plug) is there too.
Any ideas?
If the barbell is not in the block, it will pump oil back into the pan.
Also try replacing the filter, its entirely possible (though unlikely) that the filter can be all round crap and blocking flow.
Only thing i can think of, if oil is going to the filter, and not reading pressure (feeds to the sensor gallery after the filter) either your sensor is bad, and there is actually pressure, or the barbell is not in the motor. Which means your transmission is coming out so you can get the rear cover off
Also try replacing the filter, its entirely possible (though unlikely) that the filter can be all round crap and blocking flow.
Only thing i can think of, if oil is going to the filter, and not reading pressure (feeds to the sensor gallery after the filter) either your sensor is bad, and there is actually pressure, or the barbell is not in the motor. Which means your transmission is coming out so you can get the rear cover off
Yup, I had actually assumed it wasn't in there and bought one when i bought the o ring. So i put in the new one. Still no oil pressure.
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I know you said you have it at the filter, but did you check the first oil galley plug in the block to the right of the pump to see if it's there? Mine wasn't. You can still get oil at the filter, just no real pressure to speak of.
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Were the cam bearings installed in the correct corresponding journals? We had a member here that had them in the wrong journals and some were walking out on him he had identical symptoms.
Ok, pulled the moptor and noticed something weird. The oiling holes on all the cam bearing on the drivers side are all at about the 4 o'clock location but on the passenger side they are some at 8 o'clock and others at 10 o'clock. Which way are they supposed to be?
With all the internals still in it i could only see the first and last bearing. IIRC the front one looked to have both holes lined up but not the rear one. It looked to have only one hole lined up ( the driver side one was lined up). I'm assuming that all the bearings have to be installed with bot holes lining up and since all the passenger side hole don't line up, then a couple of the bearings were instaed up side down. But even if that is the case, that shouldn't affect the oil pressure right?
I am the one who was having these same problems, and it ended up being a cam bearing walking foward.
No that would keep good pressure if the bearings were installed to where there oiling holes arent lined up with the ones in the block. If you are looking from te back of the motor, the cam bearing oiling hole should be at around 7-8 oclock. You have two oiling holes, and only one needs to be lined up. Also check your bearings to make sure they arent to far foward or back. If they are you should be able to see a gap where oil would bleed by the bearings.
Here is a pic of what it should NOT look like. Mine was on the very rear one so it was easy to see.
No that would keep good pressure if the bearings were installed to where there oiling holes arent lined up with the ones in the block. If you are looking from te back of the motor, the cam bearing oiling hole should be at around 7-8 oclock. You have two oiling holes, and only one needs to be lined up. Also check your bearings to make sure they arent to far foward or back. If they are you should be able to see a gap where oil would bleed by the bearings.
Here is a pic of what it should NOT look like. Mine was on the very rear one so it was easy to see.
