The Rebirth of Smokey Eddy - The 1.9 Saga

[Smokey Eddy]

why re use an oil pump on a new build? thats not very good practice.. unless the oil pump you have is extremely low miles.. but it still came from a grenaded engine..

I of course took the pump apart and inspected it... I'm not totally inept. There was no maring on the gears, housing or anything. It was clear nothing went through it. Nothing is worn and it still spins freely. (if you've ever taken one of these apart you'll know they are extremely simple. For those who have not - they are literally just two gears that turn away from each other and in doing so it moves oil from one side to the other and at speed im sure they do this at quite a rate=pressure)

Also, i don't exactly have a ton of cash and im not about to take out a loan to buy an oil pump. So it will have to do unless of course you want to donate me a new one?

Just so we're all clear (and im not trying to be a jerk here) I don't build engines for a living. i figured that much was obvious. This car is all i have and i need it to go to work inside summer & university outside of summer. I really enjoy working on it and talking to you guys but it's much more of a nessesity for me as it is a fun project. that being said i know i really should take out a student loan and buy some el-cheapo crap cart with a warranty but that's not the type of person I am. I'm not saying to follow my practices, in fact i advise against it [the last engine i touched exploded after 20k km for goodness sake]. I'm starting to invest a decent amount of money into it now i agree and a new pump would be wise but i'd rather, sorry not i'd rather - i have to bank on, use[ing] the low pressure warning system as my insurance policy and replace the pump when it becomes an issue.

[Vincent Waldon]

Two suggestions at this point:

1) let's pick one thread or the other to troubleshoot this issue... watching two threads is hard on my brain.  ;-)

yeah sorry im really bad at that.

No apology needed.. my suggestion was more about how we could be as helpful as possible as you solve this latest puzzle... and you'll solve 'er for sure.

[rabbitman]

From what I've heard the oil pump is about the last thing to go bad on these engines.

[Rabbit on Roids]

oil pumps generally dont go bad on any engine, but it is common practice to replace them when you do a re-build, or get a new, unknown past engine..

[410]

$100 would buy a new oil pump.  That's not unreasonable for the heart of your engine.  I do have a used one though if you are interested.  Cover the cost of shipping and it's yours.

[745 turbogreasel]

I've seen some cheap new oil pumps Id definitely bin in favor of an inspected OEM  used one.

[Smokey Eddy]

I made the 1.6 one work. I'll post pics in a few.

by the way, she started this evening




This shows where it was hitting the flange.

this is my "fix" i removed a lot of material. It's hard to tell in the picture because its so smooth but i removed probably 4mm of material on that side. And before i get ragged on i covered the pump when i did this AND i cleaned it with varsol afterwards. I plan on changing the oil after 2 hours of run time anyways.


My oil cooler   (I have since clamped those lines with good clamps)

[410]

Looks awesome!  Glad to hear it's running again.  It will be interesting to see the differences between this engine and your last one.  My guess would be more bottom end torque with slightly less high revving capability.  Nice work.

[Rabbit on Roids]

i would wrap the oil lines with something. so they dont rub on the subframe.

good work on all this tho.

[Vincent Waldon]

she started this evening

 


Yuppers... very clean install and a good solution... still don't understand why you had interference, but you fixed 'er up, real good!

[burn_your_money]

One of the most important things I was taught in school was "just because it's new doesn't mean it's any good, it just means you spent a lot of money on it."

Glad to hear you got it running. As always though, videos or it never happened.

[RadoTD]

Great work, Ed! I can't wait to get a ride in this monster!

[gnavs]

Good news Ed, now drive it to Calgary 

[Rabbit on Roids]

wanna meet half way and drag?

lol..

[Smokey Eddy]

I'll waste ya kev
naw my 3,000watt stereo will weigh me down. I didn't realize it was 2,900 watts till i counted the speakers and amps to juice em...

videos or it never happened hahahahah
i need to cut the power steering lines and join them first.