Gee, I'd at least pop off the pump cover and recheck the axial and
radial clearances, expecially if you put in one of those pump
elongators. Is it notchy if you turn it by hand? My experience is that
there is a fair amount of torque when you power the pump with a drill,
but I've never noted any thing like notchy. Jon
Pete Bronlund wrote:
>
> Hi folks. I've primed my rebuilt engine by running the oilpump with a mains
>electric
> drill prior to 1st startup. There's plenty of oil being pumped (to the rockers
> etc) but i'm really worried about the amount of load the drill's facing, in
> fact it almost stalls, even starts to smoke!. Is it normal that the oilpump
> should load up so much... & go 'notchy' as it rotates? Does it indicate a
>problem
> going on that could see all my work grenade over the workshop if i do a run
> on the engine? Any ideas truly appreciated.
> Pete
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