| Re: Oil pump failure? |
Subject: Re: Oil pump failure? by rklessdriver on 2013/12/2 17:43:54 I would just remove the factory gauge sendor and put the mech gauge in that oil port... fire it up and check for pressure. As far as the oil band. The oil band is the area of the lifter where it's turned down to smaller diamater to allow oil to pass by to the next lifter and get to the oil hole in the lifter... that area has to intersect the oil galley in lifter bore of the block. If the oil band on the lifter is too high (or too low) oil won't flow to tall the lifters and top end properly. That is all a product of where the oil band is located on the lifter and the Base Circle on the camsahft - which determines how high or low the lifter rides in the lifter bore. Are your lifters the riveted link bar or do they re-use the factory plastic locators? Anything can happen... like I said it's unlikely that the oil pump just died but it could have.... the cam and head swap could have contributed as well. Will |
