I installed new oil pump gears and a booster plate about 3 weeks ago. I was very meticulous about every step of this installation. Yesterday I started the car and there is NO OIL PRESSURE. I turn off the car and I hear a curious sound....kind of like our old rottweiler passing gas. I look under the car and oil is all over the place. I figure I put the wrong spring in the pressure relief valve or the seal is blow for some strange reason. I end up pulling the cover off and taking the gears out 3 times. On my last attempt I use a cover from a 455. Each time the same thing happens...oil is everywhere. I and my garage floor are now covered from head to toe in oil and vasoline!! Still it is not fixed and the unseasonably warm 94 degree heat has me in a state of delirium. After all this I take one last glance and notice the idiot nylon oil pressure line is disconnected..........I know I know should have used copper lineou:
Well at least you found the problem and it wasn't serious. I'm sure you kick your own butt a few times after you found it, I know I would have. Just think with all that oily bath your skin wasn't dry Dan
Reminds me of an old joke: This guy falls skiing, it's a pretty bad fall so he starts checking himself out. He pokes his left leg and it hurts like hell, so he figures it's broken. Then he pokes his right leg and it hurts too! He feels around the top of his head and it hurt, must be a skull fracture! Then he pokes aroubd his neck and finds it's broken too! He's scared to move so he stays put and waits for help. After a while rescue finds him and the guy explains that he's got a lot of injuries and needs an airlift. The rescue guy radios back: "We've got a guy that says he needs a helicopter, I dunno, all he's got is a broken finger"
I've gotta get out of Buffalo.:af: We had 16" of snow yesterday and in Arizona you are getting heatstroke.
I've seen copper lines get brittle and crack/break, and I've seen plastic lines kink and pull out of the fittings. I think your better off using a tee fiting for an idiot light as well. Just in case, you dont catch the oil pressure gauge reading zero. ou:
Do yourself a big favor. Bite the bullet and spend the dough for the braided steel. PIA to install correctly but it won't leak, it won't melt, it's flexible so it won't work harden like the copper then break and it's reusable if you have to disconnect it for any reason. I have used all three and for the money I saved with the nylon, I got to buy a whole new car when the line melted and blew oil all over a hot exhaust manifold. Yucky, scary and a really crappy way to end what had to be one of the worst business trips of my life!
