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Soooo…….. check again this morning and the oil pump is still locked up SOLID , won’t move either way even using considerable force with a big screwdriver so- out it comes
Had a few hands helping as today was our spanner day




Got it out , drained the oil and the bloody pump freed itself up so we tested it again and it was pumping fine - figured seeing as it’s out may as well get it checked so off came the sump and out came the pump



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Also noticed something else that could have ended badly - have a look at how much crap was in the fuel pump !!!!




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That was good timing having a spanner day . Wow…. A lot of gunk there….. Hopefully full steam ahead from here

Stephen

Curious to see what you find in that oil pump

Blacky wrote: Mon Nov 18, 2024 10:57 am Also noticed something else that could have ended badly - have a look at how much crap was in the fuel pump !!!!

Suspect the material in the fuel pump is the residue from this:
https://novaspecialties.com/novasmoke/


Cheers,
Harv

Drew is there. He will sort it out for you.


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Harv wrote: Mon Nov 18, 2024 11:50 am

Suspect the material in the fuel pump is the residue from this:
https://novaspecialties.com/novasmoke/

Now that stuff could be a bit of fun !!!

That explains where all the smoke was coming from. Just explain the 8 litres per 100km oil use now. Maybe it is all compressed inside that oil pump.


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

Got the oil pump back today, Johnny found the drama - when some hamfisted electrician used the (home made) oil pump priming tool he managed to chip a little bit of oil pump driver tang off which subsequently found its way between the top of the oil pump drive shaft and the housing of the oil pump - causing said oil pump to lock up.

Solution- strip oil pump , linish shaft, linish oil pump housing and reassemble

Is now ready to go back in the donk and throw it back in the hole.

Damn lucky !
Get that hardened metal swimming with the soft white metal and you know what happens.
Refresh my memory do you have an oil filter on that engine ?
Greg

EK283 wrote: Tue Nov 26, 2024 8:22 pm Damn lucky !
Get that hardened metal swimming with the soft white metal and you know what happens.
Refresh my memory do you have an oil filter on that engine ?
Greg

Damn straight - lucky the shard was still in the top of the pump and hadn't made its way into the pump or engine.

No oil filter - the way the bloody thing leaks it never has a chance to get dirty ...... maybe now it will , time will tell.

Finally got a bit of time to do a bit on it last Sunday- after working fixing @)&(/)” houses for the last month
Got the pump back in and the sump on - hope to get it back in the hole this weekend




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Good stuff……. Test oil pump / pressure before you drop it in?

In the Shed wrote: Tue Dec 17, 2024 10:03 pm Good stuff……. Test oil pump / pressure before you drop it in?

God no - that's where all the trouble started last time ! Bench tested pump is all good, that's close enough

Great stuff mate you will have it back on the road in no time

FireKraka wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2024 11:31 am Great stuff mate you will have it back on the road in no time

THAT'S THE PROBLEM - NO TIME