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 Oct 13, 2012 - 2:04 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 4, '10 From Vinton, Iowa Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
Hey all, I just finished up building my 5sfte setup after about a year and a half of researching and buying parts, and with alot of help from info on this site. Especially pressure2's build and really all who have answered questions regarding this motor. Thanks to all by the way, this is a great forum, very helpful. So I had everything ready to prime the turbo with oil, removed the iginition and fuel fuses and turned the motor over for quite a while but no oil pressure at all. I made sure the timing belt was installed correctly, (I had it off to replace the head gasket) so in know its turning the pump, idk if i need to prime the pump somehow first? Any sugestions would be greatly appreciated, im so close I can taste it lol....
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Oct 13, 2012 - 2:39 AM
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Enthusiast  Joined Dec 8, '03 From Lancaster CA Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
cranking the engine over for a few seconds should be enough to get oil up in the system.
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Oct 13, 2012 - 3:04 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 4, '10 From Vinton, Iowa Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE (Smaay @ Oct 13, 2012 - 2:39 AM)  cranking the engine over for a few seconds should be enough to get oil up in the system. yeah thats what i was afraid of... so pretty much the oil pump is getting starved at the pickup or somthin? either that or its bad altogether. i guess im stumped because it worked great before i started all this |
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Oct 13, 2012 - 10:04 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Apr 23, '08 From Muskego,Wi Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%) |
I assume you hooked up a oil pressure gauge to actually see if your making some psi or not?
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Oct 13, 2012 - 10:56 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 4, '10 From Vinton, Iowa Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE (Stambo @ Oct 13, 2012 - 10:04 AM) I assume you hooked up a oil pressure gauge to actually see if your making some psi or not? yeah i had it hooked up before I did the head gasket and turbo install and I always had good oil pressure, no problems till now.... |
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Oct 13, 2012 - 11:02 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Apr 18, '05 From Lincoln, Ar Currently Offline Reputation: 7 (100%) |
Double check to see if you tighten the pickup tube and its not leaking. Other causes would be a bad oil pump and that is a PITA to work on.
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Oct 14, 2012 - 1:42 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 4, '10 From Vinton, Iowa Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE (soulshadow @ Oct 13, 2012 - 11:02 PM) Double check to see if you tighten the pickup tube and its not leaking. Other causes would be a bad oil pump and that is a PITA to work on. Ok Ill ckeck that those are tight when take the oil pan back off. I was thinking about it and I changed oil pans to a moroso hi capacity pan, when I put it on it looked like it left enough room for the pickup to draw oil but maby thats whats giving me problems. Has anyone else used that pan and had suscess? It said it was for the 3sgte and 5sfe motors. And yeah it looks like a PITA to work on, Im hoping changing oil pans back will fix the problem and I dont have to take the pump out lol. |
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Oct 15, 2012 - 10:43 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 23, '11 From kenton ohio Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
Did you put in enough oil to fill the bigger oil pan?
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Oct 15, 2012 - 12:48 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 4, '10 From Vinton, Iowa Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE (kurt95gt @ Oct 15, 2012 - 10:43 AM) Did you put in enough oil to fill the bigger oil pan? Yeah put in 6 qts, but I did somthing almost as stupid... when i relocated the oil filter I somehow crossed the lines and it was only able to get oil to the filter, not past it.... well i feel dumb lol. im workin on it now, hopefully can start it, check for leaks and have it runnin today |
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Oct 15, 2012 - 1:51 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 23, '11 From kenton ohio Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
Atleast you found the problem
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