[SlowWhite]

Have a few replies from the guys on DSMLINK.com


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I wouldn't start the motor again....

How did you spin the pump with a drill? You have the timing belt off right? I would use the drill method to get oil flowing before trying to start the thing again...

Pull the feed line from the turbo (it's off the filter housing right) and try spinning the pump again? See if you get any oil.

You may also want to try taking off the pick up agian, making sure it is not some gasket problem or something. Also putting some grease on the oil pump gears, trying to pack it like you do when you assemble the oil pump on the front case would not be a bad idea. This would aid in suction...


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Joe Riggieri
96 GSX 11.3@125.7


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Did you change the oil filter? I vaguely remember something about Fram or someone having a problem where they shipped some filters that were missing holes necessary for oil flow.

DaveMertz



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You should be able to hear the drill "load up" as oil starts to flow as well.

Definitely do not start the car again until you resolve the issue.

You can use a vaccum pump to prime the motor from the filter housing if you don't feel like pulling off the front case to grease up the gears. The gears should still be plenty wet though with oil which is what is baffling....

rich


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93 AWD
10.70@138.4



4)
I used rich's method as well as priming the oil pump with a gear. Pump it through the oil pressure sender via a clear hose and a hose barb.

Put 2 quarts into the pan via the normal method, and pump 3 quarts via a fluid pump.

You should see oil coming out of the rocker arms. Pull plugs + mpi fuse (or turn fuel pump off) and dry crank the car until you see oil flowing through the rockers and until the dummy light on the dash goes off. Do this a few times, but it only took me what sounded like 3-4 rotations of the crank before I had oil pumping nicely and light to go off.

-Tony Turk