[Mgs] A Bad Day with the MGB engine

[Valda and Merl Rosenthal]

Ed,

I had the exact same thing happen when I tried to start my MGB after an 
overhaul.  Before taking off your oil pan to check the gasket try the 
following:

Remove the flex line at the pressure switch.  Use a pump style oil can, 
syringe, etc to fill the flex hose with oil.   Once you have filled the flex 
hose, reconnect it or put the end in a towel and have some one crank the 
engine.  The procedure I described will "load up the oil pump" and help you 
get it primed. It took a couple of attempts using the above procedure to get 
oil pressure.


Merl Rosenthal
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Woods" <fogbro1 at comcast.net>
To: <mgs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 7:19 PM
Subject: [Mgs] A Bad Day with the MGB engine


> Gentlemen and Ladies,
>
> Well, almost two years to the day after pulling the 18V engine for 
> rebuilding,
> I cranked it on the starter today, plugs removed, to prime the oil system.
> After approximately 2 minutes of operation, still no oil at the flex line 
> to
> the pressure gauge or at the oil filter base.
>
> Yes, it has sufficient oil.
>
> I recall a list discussion of different oil pump gaskets. Is that where I 
> need
> to look at this point or are there other possiblilities not involving 
> dropping
> the pan?
>
> TIA,
>
> Ed Woods
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