oil pressure disappeared.
Well, We learn from our experiences. When I had to remove the 2 gaskets and windage tray that I "glued" on with rtv, I found that a wire wheel connected to a dewalt drill did a great job at removing the remaining rtv, both on the pan and on the block. Little did I know that the wire wheel was shedding crap into places I did not want it to.
I tried to just drop the pan a bit and see if cranking it over gave me any pressure, nope. Then I dropped the pan and found 3 wires from the wire wheel in the pan. Big uh oh.
After measuring the drop of the pickup, I was 1/16 inch or so off the floor of the pan. Probably not flush preventing flow. One possibility down.
Time to pull the oil pump. When I did I tried to remove it completely intact. Nope, When I removed the cover the outer ring fell to the floor so I could not inspect it carefully. However, after pulling the insides of the pump, I found indentations of the wires being pulled into the pump and being embedded into the rotating elements,(Don't know names of them). My assessment is that the wires were pulled into the pump and got embedded causing the outer ring to spin and the rotor was not pumping. If you look at the pictures, you will see the indentations of the wires in both the rotor and the outer ring. You will also see the scrapes on the surface that abuts the cover. The relief valve showed no signs of damage. Finally, What is the white stuff in my oil???
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Well, We learn from our experiences. When I had to remove the 2 gaskets and windage tray that I "glued" on with rtv, I found that a wire wheel connected to a dewalt drill did a great job at removing the remaining rtv, both on the pan and on the block. Little did I know that the wire wheel was shedding crap into places I did not want it to.
I tried to just drop the pan a bit and see if cranking it over gave me any pressure, nope. Then I dropped the pan and found 3 wires from the wire wheel in the pan. Big uh oh.
After measuring the drop of the pickup, I was 1/16 inch or so off the floor of the pan. Probably not flush preventing flow. One possibility down.
Time to pull the oil pump. When I did I tried to remove it completely intact. Nope, When I removed the cover the outer ring fell to the floor so I could not inspect it carefully. However, after pulling the insides of the pump, I found indentations of the wires being pulled into the pump and being embedded into the rotating elements,(Don't know names of them). My assessment is that the wires were pulled into the pump and got embedded causing the outer ring to spin and the rotor was not pumping. If you look at the pictures, you will see the indentations of the wires in both the rotor and the outer ring. You will also see the scrapes on the surface that abuts the cover. The relief valve showed no signs of damage. Finally, What is the white stuff in my oil???
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