Checking oil pressure

Fatz · Post by **Fatz** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 2:52 pm

Hey all, i just replaced my oil pump seals to try and kill the TOD, now when my car runs, the tapping is even louder than ever, and starts sounding like the engine is about to seize and then stalls after bout 30 secs.
Is there anything on the oil pump that i could have bumped or moved that could cause it to stop working?
I need this car going for work tomorrow:( What diagnostics can i perform to try and nut this out?
Any help would be greatly appreciated..
Thankyou.
Adam

Fatz · Post by **Fatz** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 3:22 pm

fuck it, im taking all apart again now.. ill let ya know how it goes.. im gueesing a seal has slipped or part of the pump is blocked..
lets ya know in a few hrs.

Fatz · Post by **Fatz** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 6:04 pm

ok just pulled ut all apart and cleaned it all.. still loud as hell. i will buy a oil pump and replace it in the next day or too. im getting pretty good at it now;)

fredsub · Post by **fredsub** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 6:22 pm

I think you put the oil pump rotor back in the wrong way.....very easy to do.
did you replace the cam seal too?

Fatz · Post by **Fatz** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 8:34 pm

i replaced 3 seals, micey mouse, O ring, and that little bearing looking one. how is the right way to put the rotor in:S
damn
the oil light is on on the dash too..
i had a look in haynes, but no decent description of how to put the rotor on..
i reckon that is the prob....
thanx for your help.
how i put rotor in correct way?
cheers

Fatz · Post by **Fatz** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:31 pm

can anyone tell me how to correctly put the inner rotor together with the outer roter?
i placed outer rotor "B" facing me and tried to out the "b" tooth on the inner rotor on one of the sides of outer "B".
Was that incorrect?
I really need this car going:(:(
any help guys will be much appreciated.
Adam

fredsub · Post by **fredsub** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 5:12 pm

I had put it in the wrong way too...one should pay attention to how/orientation of what is removed:(
Yes reading the various gregories,et al..you don't suspect there is
a particular orientation, and both side look the same if you don't look
very carefully.
I hand rotated the engine and guessed something was amiss -
so damn, re do the job.
and sorry I can't remember to positively tell you which way now...obviously different to what you have already done.

So with you running it like that, what does it do, damaged the pump?

get new rotors from subaru dealer...$70? or so....

Fatz · Post by **Fatz** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:16 pm

yeah qouted 60 bucks for new rotors at subaru, or 412 buck for the pump assembly. a mate has a spare pump, i will chuck that in tomorrow see how that goes.. he said something about checking the timing when putting the pump in too. lol didnt realise was son involved:P
thanx for ya help mate

Suby Wan Kenobi · Post by **Suby Wan Kenobi** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:05 pm

You have the cam belt installed correctly and it is running around the outside of the wheel? Is the pump sitting back on there flush to the block? Did you use silicon to seal it with? With the pump out of the block do the gears rotate?