I have no running oil pressure
I recently built a new motor for my chevy II. Its a 1973 block and I chaged it from a front sump pan to a rear sump with the new motor. That means that I had to put a new oil pump and pickup in it. I have oil pressure when i use a primer and an electric drill. But when i start it up there is no running oil pressure.
A couple of other things, I used the old oil pump driveshaft and everything else is new except the rods. Also I was sure that the oil pump driveshafts in SBC are all the same length. If anyone knows if the driveshaft for the pump in a 66 nova 327 is different cause the pump isn't the same.
Any ideas PLEASE!
Re: rear sump on a Chevy II
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Originally posted by vurtok
[B A used engine can run a few minutes (I've heard of one going for 15 minutes+, but I wouldn't want to own it) without oil pressure without ruining it; but a newly built one doesn't have that luxury. [/B]
well, me and my buddy wanted to see how long we could run a maverick we were planning on putting a v8 in.... and ran the 200 for 120 miles with no oil at all before it finally siezed up and died :D