ok, i installed an oil filter relocation kit and an oil psi gauge + trany cooler,
my oil pressure gauge read 0 but my motor seemed fine i assumed it was a
faulty gauge, so i drove it to a performance shop to get a 2nd opinion on
it. the guy stated, maybe could be something in the line or a faulty gauge,
air blocking in the line, check to see if theres oil to the gauge. so i drove it
to work the next morning. after work drove home. i live close by. I start
diagnosing. i basically have no oil coming out of the line to my gauge, i
had a 90 degree elbow, my dad said maybe thats it, so i eliminiated that,
still same thing, crank over the engine with the coil wire removed. i
remove the fittings and line and blow through it, i can blow through it. So
now i get brave and crank the car with the fittings installed at the block
with the copper line, still nothing coming out? (the guy suggested maybe
its air blocking it etc). so now i open the valve cover to see if theres oil
coming to the top spitting around while cranking, nothing. now i say dam
this isnt good. i call summit tech support, they tell me there are 2 fittings,
one set is more centered, and one set is offsett, make sure they go to
each other ignore what the directions or the markings show, if its
backwards it will show 0psi or the oil filter could be collapsed. So i check.
dammit i did it wrong. so i fix it, install a new oil filter and i basically bleed
it. but as oil comes out the return its barely flows, very low psi stream. i
routed it, the out fromt he block to go into the top of the oil cooler out
the oil cooler into the oil filter out the oil filter into the block. so i try
again, nothing on my gauge still, nothing int he valve cover. now i say
dammit i must of broke my oil pump? so i drop the pan, and this is where i
am at now.
what is this thing i circled in red?
oil release valve?
could i of messed this up?
any other thoughts of suggestions? i'm kinda lost?
also would a febi oil pump be fine? i know since febi has issues with rockers i'm afraid to use anything of theres?
pics below
Thanks,
Alex L
oil pan out
i broke this piece, i guess i may buy another or take from my other used block i got?
what is this piece? the oil pressure release valve?
new spot, perfect, leaks directly out to the ground now.
old kit out
my oil pressure gauge read 0 but my motor seemed fine i assumed it was a
faulty gauge, so i drove it to a performance shop to get a 2nd opinion on
it. the guy stated, maybe could be something in the line or a faulty gauge,
air blocking in the line, check to see if theres oil to the gauge. so i drove it
to work the next morning. after work drove home. i live close by. I start
diagnosing. i basically have no oil coming out of the line to my gauge, i
had a 90 degree elbow, my dad said maybe thats it, so i eliminiated that,
still same thing, crank over the engine with the coil wire removed. i
remove the fittings and line and blow through it, i can blow through it. So
now i get brave and crank the car with the fittings installed at the block
with the copper line, still nothing coming out? (the guy suggested maybe
its air blocking it etc). so now i open the valve cover to see if theres oil
coming to the top spitting around while cranking, nothing. now i say dam
this isnt good. i call summit tech support, they tell me there are 2 fittings,
one set is more centered, and one set is offsett, make sure they go to
each other ignore what the directions or the markings show, if its
backwards it will show 0psi or the oil filter could be collapsed. So i check.
dammit i did it wrong. so i fix it, install a new oil filter and i basically bleed
it. but as oil comes out the return its barely flows, very low psi stream. i
routed it, the out fromt he block to go into the top of the oil cooler out
the oil cooler into the oil filter out the oil filter into the block. so i try
again, nothing on my gauge still, nothing int he valve cover. now i say
dammit i must of broke my oil pump? so i drop the pan, and this is where i
am at now.
what is this thing i circled in red?
oil release valve?
could i of messed this up?
any other thoughts of suggestions? i'm kinda lost?
also would a febi oil pump be fine? i know since febi has issues with rockers i'm afraid to use anything of theres?
pics below
Thanks,
Alex L
oil pan out
i broke this piece, i guess i may buy another or take from my other used block i got?
what is this piece? the oil pressure release valve?
new spot, perfect, leaks directly out to the ground now.
old kit out
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