Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 15:51:28 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Any tricks for priming oil pump?
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there is a cover plate gasket on wbxr oil pumps..
a very very thin one.
they probobalby say to install it dry ..
I spary a very very light coat of spray high tach gaske sealer on both
sides.
is the oil filter pre-filled. ?
what happens when you remove the oil filter can crank the engine ..
does oil come gushing out rather copiously ..?
that's a good sign if does.
it's hard not to have drive to the oil pump in a waterboxer engine.
if the can turns.
and the gear with the drive dog on it is enaged in the end of the cam ..
the oil pump 'has' to be turning.
I had one weird 'no oil prussure thing' .
bought a dead diesel vanagon with no cam or starter.
they guy said, that engine will run with those two parts put back on.
I grabbed 'some diesel' camshaft without too much though.
no oil presure , no oil pressure etc..
measuring at head.
check oil pump, pull head to check oil passage..
tried everything..
finally somehow figured to check the oil clearance at the cam bearings.
Oil clearance at the cam brgs is supposed to be .015 inch ..
2 thou max.
I had about 7 thou, measured with plastigue.
perhaps that was a 1500 cam ..
I always keep 'the cam' with 'its head.'
they should be kept as a matched pair really.
not saying it's your issue..
just the kind of thing consider.
the cam brgs are inside the case of course , not accesible without splitting
the cases..
so it better not be that !
frequently I see 'rebuilt VW engines and I am looking at the details on the
outside..
and a few times ( no reflection on the original poster ) ...
I have said ........'well, if the insides are assembled as poorly as the
outside stuff is ..
not good.'
and I've seen an engine like that throw a rod a week later..
like the rod bolts were never tightened properly.
so ...do mentally review each tiny step of the engine rebuilding process.
scott
www.turbovans.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: Any tricks for priming oil pump?
> At 04:48 PM 7/9/2011, Ken Lewis wrote:
>>Finally installed this engine that I rebuilt several years ago. I have
>>been
>>unsuccessful in obtaining any oil pressure. Any thoughts?
>>TIA,
>
> Something is wrong. It's a gear pump, shouldn't have any priming
> troubles. This may sound silly, but make sure both gears are
> installed. Also check end clearance. Bentley 17.9 shows a wear
> limit of .004". Gasket too thick? I'm not sure there is a gasket
> there but if so it's probably only one or two thou thick.
>
> Yours,
> David