I believe this should be treated as if it was a fresh motor, and with valve
cover off, pour the oil over all valve's, rod's, lifter's, etc. giving them
a good taste, of soaking oil.
Then depending on how sure you are about the oil being in all the right
places before it fire's over.
I turned oil pump, or primed motor with drill, and socket....... by taking
an old head stud, and grinding it down, to fit in slot of oil pump, lt. does
work real well till oil gets to the pump, and wants to come out of that
area.
Ok... at least at that point you have confirmed the pump has life...
If you wish to take the design further, you must take the material of chose,
either plaxie, or metal, drill center hole for the new head stud tool.
Place over distributor opening, and if area is clean of oil, hold down, or
secure and seal with tuck tape, and ....... START DRILLING FOR OIL
Don
----- Original Message -----
From: <StuBeatty@aol.com>
To: <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 7:22 PM
Subject: Loss of engine oil pressure
> List
>
> I have a problem with lack of oil pressure in my 1974 TR6. Last fall I
> drained the engine of oil and took the pan off for reasons unrelated to
this
> problem. The pan was replaced but the oil was not. Last week everything
was
> finally put back together, with a new oil pan gasket and the engine was
> started. There was no pressure showing on the dash gauge and the oil
warning
> light did not come on. The oil pump was checked visually and does not show
> any signs of wear. The check valve on the block seems to working properly.
> The oil filter was removed and the engine cranked. I figure oil should
come
> shooting out...nothing. It seems the oil is not being circulated in the
> engine. Lastly the car only has 33000 original miles. Last summer I
replaced
> the stock canister filter with a spin on adapter. When the car was put
away
> last fall everything worked properly with the correct oil pressure showing
on
> the gauge.
> Is there any way of testing the oil pump? After sitting for 10 months with
> out oil, would the pump need to be primed? I can't find any sort of
reference
> in my manual regarding this. Is it possible the oil pump just simply quit
> working?
> Any insight to this problem would be appreciated.
>
> Stuart Beatty
> Belleville Ontario
> 74 Sapphire
> 76 Carmine
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