Help! Cant get oil pump on!
Help! Cant get oil pump on! Hello all, I havent posted here in years but have always been a lurker reading threads, etc. So I just want to say thanks for all the insight over the years before I ask my question.
So Im in the middle of a camswap(tick torquemax stg 2) and for the life of me I cannot get the oil pump back on and over the pickup tube while trying to align the gear in pump to get back onto crank. My question is, can I dissassemble the pump and put the housing on and back on pickup tube then assemble the pump after its mounted? Looks simple enough but didnt know if I had to have shims to do this. It is just a GM pump so nothing aftermarket. Looking for anyone that had this issue as well. And yes the oil pan is lower a little bit already.
Thanks in advance
So Im in the middle of a camswap(tick torquemax stg 2) and for the life of me I cannot get the oil pump back on and over the pickup tube while trying to align the gear in pump to get back onto crank. My question is, can I dissassemble the pump and put the housing on and back on pickup tube then assemble the pump after its mounted? Looks simple enough but didnt know if I had to have shims to do this. It is just a GM pump so nothing aftermarket. Looking for anyone that had this issue as well. And yes the oil pan is lower a little bit already.
Thanks in advance
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Exactly. You should take it apart for installation. We were just discussing this in another thread(above) where you can see a pic of the process.
Exactly. You should take it apart for installation. We were just discussing this in another thread(above) where you can see a pic of the process.
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Why should you take it apart for installation? I held mine In my hand yesterday and put the sleeve from the crank into the pump then put it onto the crank as one unit lining up the keyway and it works mint...just did that yesterday
Not saying everyone does it..but if you want insurance to get the maximum life out of your oil pump, you align/center it on the crank. You do this by placing the body and the rotor on with the pump mounting bolts finger-tight, then feeler gauges between the rotor and body to center it all. Torque the 4 mounting bolts then attach the cover.
It's one of those "right way" steps that a lot of folks seem to skip that only takes 5 minutes.
It's one of those "right way" steps that a lot of folks seem to skip that only takes 5 minutes.
Last edited by Mercier; Jul 23, 2016 at 04:07 PM.
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I don't doubt they put some generic CYA language in there like that..but worth noting at least that the 2x 10296 I bought in the last year came with a separate pump housing gasket in the box along with the preassembled pump.
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Lol, I'll happily sacrifice the warranty of a $120 oil pump to make sure it's clean and installed correctly to protect my $3k+ engine.
I've found that it's easier to get the pickup tube bolted up when the pump is disassembled and without the drive gear on the snout. You get a lot of wiggle room to get the pickup flange lined up and avoid pinching the o-ring. Then you can get the bare housing bolted up, centered, and then assembled.
I've found that it's easier to get the pickup tube bolted up when the pump is disassembled and without the drive gear on the snout. You get a lot of wiggle room to get the pickup flange lined up and avoid pinching the o-ring. Then you can get the bare housing bolted up, centered, and then assembled.
Lol, I'll happily sacrifice the warranty of a $120 oil pump to make sure it's clean and installed correctly to protect my $3k+ engine.
I've found that it's easier to get the pickup tube bolted up when the pump is disassembled and without the drive gear on the snout. You get a lot of wiggle room to get the pickup flange lined up and avoid pinching the o-ring. Then you can get the bare housing bolted up, centered, and then assembled.
I've found that it's easier to get the pickup tube bolted up when the pump is disassembled and without the drive gear on the snout. You get a lot of wiggle room to get the pickup flange lined up and avoid pinching the o-ring. Then you can get the bare housing bolted up, centered, and then assembled.
Look about 4-5 replies back in this thread where there is a link to another thread where KCS posted a pic of it.
Still, it's really simple, just maybe a little hard to explain. Here's the pic I posted in another thread:
The gear that the oil pump housing is centered on is the drive gear for the oil pump. With that gear on, there's only a little bit of clearance between it and the pump housing so if you try to bolt up the pickup tube, it doesn't have much room to wiggle or rock to line up. The pickup can go in crooked and pinch the o-ring.
Now if you leave the drive gear off of the snout when you put the pump on, then it has a lot more room to move, allowing you to line up the pickup tube properly and avoid pinching the o-ring. With the pickup tube installed and the bolt torqued, you can put the drive gear on over the snout of the crank and get the pump centered.