hazell ep91 sr Posted September 17, 2012 Posted September 17, 2012 Went to prime new turbo and realised no oil is getting there. Took oil feed off and turned it over and no oil. Only driven it 40 milesish after ive done engine conversion. Is it oil pump fucked? Or something else? Would have thought engine would have seized. Would explain why old turbo died.Help people. Quote
micky boy Posted September 17, 2012 Posted September 17, 2012 (edited) Could be pump yeah or oil pressure switch (not sure if that stops the oil from pumping though so dont quote me on that) But if you took the oil feed off then there wont be any oil going to the turbo anyway lol!..Im gessing you left that on when you primed the turbo? but unplugged the oil return from the sump? like i stated to do in the guide i sent you? Edited September 17, 2012 by micky boy Quote
hazell ep91 sr Posted September 17, 2012 Author Posted September 17, 2012 Yeah i did and it didnt prime so i took he feed off to see if it might be blocked and no oil was coming out even then :/ this is so crap. If oil pump is fucked then i bet the engine is too. Gunna get to a stage when i need to cut my losses. Quote
morgey Posted September 17, 2012 Posted September 17, 2012 Did you take it off the turbo or the block? Mite be the hose if its old? Only guessing tho, check under the rocker cover see if thats got a reasonable amount of oil in it. Like you said after 40 miles i would have thought you would have heard a bottom end rattle by this point :s Quote
pick1 Posted September 17, 2012 Posted September 17, 2012 What the oil showing on the dip stick ? Quote
micky boy Posted September 17, 2012 Posted September 17, 2012 Dont give up mate not after all the work you have done! You could be lucky and you might of just saved your engine by noticeing something wasnt right when fitting the turbo Quote
hazell ep91 sr Posted September 17, 2012 Author Posted September 17, 2012 Took it off block. And yeah gunna check rocker cover tomorrow and see if its getting oil. Could something be blocked somewhere? Non stop problems with this engine grr.All help is appreciated. Quote
hazell ep91 sr Posted September 20, 2012 Author Posted September 20, 2012 Took rocker off and turned it over and oil then flowed out of oil return but the oil around the head is milky... headgasket is gone. Because i will take engine out what is worth doing rebuild wise? And where is best place to get parts and info? Also when the car ran before it was running hot.. pretty sure this was because of headgasket now? Quote
Starbuck Posted September 20, 2012 Posted September 20, 2012 Id workz has blueprint parts or camskill Quote
StuDoc 72 Posted September 20, 2012 Posted September 20, 2012 Didnt you not say youve just had the engine rebuilt 40 miles ago? Quote
hazell ep91 sr Posted September 20, 2012 Author Posted September 20, 2012 No did engine conversion 40 miles ago mate. Obviously a crap engine. Pretty pissed off but oh well better rebuild it and know ive got a decent base to get power from. Quote
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