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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 09:26 PM
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i have a 2004 gmc Sierra 2500 6.0. I was driving and out of no where it started ticking. I thought it was rod knock but when I got it back to my shop I pulled a valve cover and I was not getting oil to the top of the motor. The ticking was not a knock but was a colasped lifter. So, no oil pressure to the top of the motor I figured the oil pump went out. Tube was fine o ring fine and no crushed oil filter. Help
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 09:39 PM
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Probably the pump
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 09:58 PM
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I'm sorry ileft this out. I replaced the pump. Still Same result no oil up top the motor. Sorry def a big detail I left out
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 10:13 PM
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I believe the ls motors oil from the top down so nothing on top means the bottoms fubared.
Unless you only have 1 colapsed lifter.

Are all the lifters not pumped or do you have a bad one?
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 10:21 PM
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Just one bad lifter. As of now at least. Hoping since I maybe went a half mile easy going 25 mph it would have popped back up but I have to get oil pressure first
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 11:42 PM
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How does the oil pump Oring look? Was it securely in place when u replaced it?
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 11:45 PM
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Yeah it looked fine to me the funny part is that before I tore it apart I was getting a very small I mean very small amount of oil to the top of the motor. Now iam getting nothin
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Old Jan 15, 2013 | 09:18 AM
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Maybe a clogged screen? Did you replace O ring or reuse the old one? What does your oil pressure gauge show inside the truck?
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Old Jan 15, 2013 | 06:46 PM
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Gauge inside the truck says zero. I'm gonna pull the motor out put it on the stand and go ever it. I'm gonna check the tube barbell o ring and all the bearings.
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Old Jan 23, 2013 | 09:44 PM
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Update.... So if I go start the truck and then rev it up it builds oil pressure.... What's the deal with that
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And then back to idle it doesn't have any
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