damnit i have 5 quarts of oil in her,the pickup tube is on,and both drive gears are in the oil pump hmmm

 

any good way of removing the main pulley nut without removing it from the car? cant seem to break it with a bar while in gear

 

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...t=oil+pressure


this is what i was talking about

 

an impact gun should still fit if you remove the shroud from the radiator.

a little bit trickier yet is put the breaker bar on the bolt and rotate the engine until the bar is pressed firmly against the driver frame rail of the car and crank it over. you can also try applying some heat to the bolt, but i would probably try to avoid a cutting torch.. the starter method is also not one of the most wise but it has worked for me. if you have the car in gear, make sure it is in 4th gear, then you can really lean into it and not break the tranny or worry about the car moving(4th gear is a direct drive 1:1 ratio straight through).

 

I hate this i guess it could be worse,like the motor being poopy. lol

 

i'm sure you'll find something dumb that was overlooked. we all do it.

 

yea i know,some more than others. lol well its something behind the front cover thats for sure. lol

 

yep well if you don't figure it out ill be out in 3 weeks.

 

lol ok have a safe trip

 

IS there a way to make sure you will have OIL press before installing the engine?
Maybe hook the tranny up with starter on the ground? prime it on the ground?

 

Nothing's a guarantee, but putting your **** together RIGHT with known working parts is pretty much the best way. Getting it right is the difficult part, especially when it's only your first/second/third time.

 

Yeah, build everything right
But seriously, double/triple/quadruple check your work. If it's right, it'll work right.

That sounds like a bad idea... Why not install it in your engine bay and crank it?

 

He means run the car in a shut garage.....



Nah, i kid and that was mean. When you BUILD an engine and i mean rotors, eshaft, seals, irons, housings, tension bolts, oil pump chain and cogs....all that **** assembled, the oil pump is going to be dry meaning you JUST built it and it has not yet started to suck oil from the sump to pump around the entire system.

That's a dry pump.


I take it thats NOT your engine in your avatar then?

 

lol yea thats my old engine. i built a new ported motor with 3mm s5 turbo rotors.

but i figured out my problem and fixed it today. lol i almost cant mention how stupid i am here or i will get flamed. lol

 

The gauge wasn't connected?

 

no i didnt tighten the oil pickup tube :/ rookie mistake lolz

 

wow.. Thats not even main assembly.. That is long block material

At least now you can go make a video of the first start and drive.

 

lol yea but im glad it was an easy fix for the most part. i mean it was a pain pulling the front cover and oil pan off but,atleast i found what it was. if i didnt find anything i would be scared as hell. lol

 

i figured it was something along those lines. sometimes someone bothers you at the wrong time and you forget to tighten something down. just ask people how much of a dick i can be while i am working, because i hate wasting time redoing things.

 

Lol yea I'm a tard. Thank god I had a weird feeling about the oil. Thanks for all your help!!! I got it fixed burning have to wait for all the rtv to dry

 

Lucky you it wasn't something internal...... Rather time consuming to put everything back together again.

It's easy to get excited and miss stuff like that and take what i said with a grain of salt. People give me a hard time and i just take it as "whatever".

I DEFINITELY do not know everything so sorry if i came off that way.

 

lol JR I wasnt even talking about your car. I was talking about Jesus' car. His dumb mistake was that it wasnt low oil pressure at all, he broke the pressure gauge on his cluster. Guess he didnt plug something in right and it spiked and broke the gauge. D'oh

 

Your not a dick, your focused. Any real mechanic would understand. The girlfriend won't...lol