no oil pressure after oil pump replacement
Posted by joemoe
on 1/20/2016, 10:37 am
The oil pressure was low on my 1981 Chevette engine so I installed a replacement pump from Rock Auto and an after market oil pickup assembly. I soaked the pump in oil to fill the gear body. After reassembly I have no oil pressure indicated on my oil gauge. I ever tried to prime the pump by spinning the shaft using a core shaft from an old distributor with a sleeve to hold it onto the pump drive (I then spun it clockwise with a drill). Does anyone have any tricks? I feel the pump has cavitated and lost it's oil for priming.
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Joe Monesmith
1982 Chevette doner for a 1952
CMC MGTD replica kit car