My worst nightmare has come true. Almost back home in the Tiger and I
notice the oil pressure gauge shows a perfect zero. The engine has not made
a bad noise or even a hint of anything wrong. I shut off immediatly and
coasted to the garage. It's a professionally built 260(with new oil pump)
with only a couple hundred miles on it.
So here is what I know so far:
It's full of oil and no leaks anywhere including the gauge line.
I removed the gauge line(it's also brand new) from the block and put a hand
pressure pump on it and the gauge reads about 10 psi.
I put the gauge line back on and pulled the distributor and turned the oil
pump with my drill, the gauge does not move and the pump seems to be
turning real easy.
So has anybody experienced any intermitent gauge problems or do I have an
oil pump failure? Any trouble shooting suggestions??
If the worst is true, can the oil pan be removed and access the oil pump
without major surgery??
Any words of wisdom would be welcome.
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