Oil Pump Cleanliness
Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 7:42 pm
Of all the engines I have rebuilt NONE was just wore out, I have always found that one or more of the oil lines had no oil in them and when I took apart the oil pumps they were dirty inside.
Dirt/dust is the main problem, the dirt gets into the pump and clogs up the last line hole which happens to be the number two piston oil line, since it is at the end of the pump (on the outside it looks even with the number one piston line but inside they are 1/16" apart) where the muck builds up and then eventually stops letting oil out.
I'm rebuilding LJ20Colorado's 20 engine right now and it had a tiny piece of gravel (or who knows what it is) and it locked up the oil pump, and due to that it tore up the splines in it.
You would think the fine mesh screen at the filler neck of the oil reservoir would keep things like that out but they sometimes do get in there.
SO: Take your oil pump off and open it up and clean it real good, I will redo the HowTo on the oil pump cleaning so it will be more detailed.
Then clean your oil reservoir completely, make sure the line from it to the pump is clean and the vent line as well. I have mention this before in this section, but it's something that needs to be pressed to keep the life of your LJ engine lasting longer.
Dirt/dust is the main problem, the dirt gets into the pump and clogs up the last line hole which happens to be the number two piston oil line, since it is at the end of the pump (on the outside it looks even with the number one piston line but inside they are 1/16" apart) where the muck builds up and then eventually stops letting oil out.
I'm rebuilding LJ20Colorado's 20 engine right now and it had a tiny piece of gravel (or who knows what it is) and it locked up the oil pump, and due to that it tore up the splines in it.
You would think the fine mesh screen at the filler neck of the oil reservoir would keep things like that out but they sometimes do get in there.
SO: Take your oil pump off and open it up and clean it real good, I will redo the HowTo on the oil pump cleaning so it will be more detailed.
Then clean your oil reservoir completely, make sure the line from it to the pump is clean and the vent line as well. I have mention this before in this section, but it's something that needs to be pressed to keep the life of your LJ engine lasting longer.