Hi!
I've been beating about the bush with my engine issue for a while now, avoiding real work
Finally dropped the pan last night.
I tightened the oil pump bolts up just for good measure, but I found where my oil pressure was going: two 1/2" steel plugs in the oil pan, and little question that they're the oil galley plugs.
Yay! diagnosis made.
And shit, more work... *sigh*
I've been there before, when I built this engine, but it's been like 3 months now and I had an instructor then to walk me through it. I want to do this with the engine still in the car; I don't have an engine hoist, and I don't have an engine stand, and I'd like to not have to buy those this month if possible.
I've a couple questions
--do I need to pull the main pulley and the harmonic balancer, which means borrowing a pulley puller and driving 40 miles to borrow a friend's air compressor and impact gun... or is there enough space there that the timing cover can just pull forward and be rotated to the side without actually pulling it all the way off?
--were any plugs behind the camshaft timing gear? If so, then I'll need to remove the gear. I remember tapping the new timing gears on, what's the gentlest way to remove them? And, if there are plugs behind the timing gear, could the plugs have damaged the gear on the way out before dropping into the oil pan?
--anything else I'll need to know?
--finally, what I did was to tap them in with a small socket or punch until they bottomed out on the block. What else should I have done? Obviously didn't work
I think I'll tap the holes, carefully flush any metal filings, and put in threaded plugs this time around! If there's a third plug (I recall that there was), then I'll probably remove and replace it, too.
I'll test the oil pressure with a drill and extension before I put it all back together, 'cause it's still possible that the one under the intake has blown, too; but if it hasn't, I won't go through the couple-hour bother of R&Ring the lower intake also.
I've been beating about the bush with my engine issue for a while now, avoiding real work
Finally dropped the pan last night.
I tightened the oil pump bolts up just for good measure, but I found where my oil pressure was going: two 1/2" steel plugs in the oil pan, and little question that they're the oil galley plugs.
Yay! diagnosis made.
And shit, more work... *sigh*
I've been there before, when I built this engine, but it's been like 3 months now and I had an instructor then to walk me through it. I want to do this with the engine still in the car; I don't have an engine hoist, and I don't have an engine stand, and I'd like to not have to buy those this month if possible.
I've a couple questions
--do I need to pull the main pulley and the harmonic balancer, which means borrowing a pulley puller and driving 40 miles to borrow a friend's air compressor and impact gun... or is there enough space there that the timing cover can just pull forward and be rotated to the side without actually pulling it all the way off?
--were any plugs behind the camshaft timing gear? If so, then I'll need to remove the gear. I remember tapping the new timing gears on, what's the gentlest way to remove them? And, if there are plugs behind the timing gear, could the plugs have damaged the gear on the way out before dropping into the oil pan?
--anything else I'll need to know?
--finally, what I did was to tap them in with a small socket or punch until they bottomed out on the block. What else should I have done? Obviously didn't work
I think I'll tap the holes, carefully flush any metal filings, and put in threaded plugs this time around! If there's a third plug (I recall that there was), then I'll probably remove and replace it, too.
I'll test the oil pressure with a drill and extension before I put it all back together, 'cause it's still possible that the one under the intake has blown, too; but if it hasn't, I won't go through the couple-hour bother of R&Ring the lower intake also.
to my machinist for eliminating the possibility of experiencing Bernini's problem.
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