It sounds like you did all the right things. The fact that you primed the
pump, and that you are getting SOME oil pressure leads me to one conclusion:
Often when the gauge has also been rebuilt, or the gauge has been left
disconnected, air will get up into the capillary tube between the take-off
from the engine and the gauge. This can easily result in a very low reading
on the gauge.
To cure: disconnect the capillary tube from the back of the oil pressure
gauge and run the engine until you get a steady flow of oil. Then reconnect
the line to the gauge.
Let us know how things turn out.
Regards,
Lew Palmer
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Allen [mailto:s4usea@hotmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 25, 1999 4:36 PM
To: mg-t@autox.team.net
Subject: No Oil Pressure
All,
So I finally fired up the TD today, and it doesn't have any oil
pressure. Well, it has some, like 4lbs or so.
The car hasn't been running since December last year. The only
changes I've made to the system is I replaced the bulb in the
gauge and I had the oil pump re-built. Nothing else was
mucked with.
When I re-installed oil pump I
pressurized the engine by feeding oil into the pump's
priming hole with the valve cover off until I got oil coming
out on top of the engine while turning it over.
To head off any questions:
The Head was re-built 1436 miles ago.
The Block was re-built 463 miles ago.
The rocker was re-bushed back in March, and as such has no miles
on it.
There are no oil leaks anywhere that I can find.
The gauge worked fine prior to me taking the car off the road last
December.
Any help trouble shooting this will be greatly appreciated.
Best,
Scott Allen
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