Streetlegal?

iTrader: (25)

So I found out that I pinched/cut the o-ring in my oil pump when I installed it during my engine build. From what I could find on here that's what the symptoms point to.

-#8 lifters tick when fully warmed
-oil has small air bubbles in it when warm
-oil pressure starts at 40 when cold and doesn't go higher and drops to around 1/4 of the gauge when warm and stays between that and 1/2 when driving.

I've driven around on it but I don't really open her up or anything like I want to. With that being said I drove from Milwaukee to Boston like that and had no issues. I plan on driving to FL in the begging of March.

So the question is how long am I ok driving like this? I just don't think I have enough time with classes and my senior design to get it done in a day. Plus I don't want to drive it to the shop with snow and salt and all that **** on the roads.

If the answer is "You're an idiot for driving it that much like that and you need to get that fixed ASAP" then so be it. I will have to try and make time to fix it. Just annoying to have to take the whole front of the engine off again.

ls1 1990 VN

You answered your own question in the last sentence.