General oil pressure?

[ycming]

hmmm take the cover off, and crank the engine see if oil is squirting out to the cam first.

That should tell you if the pick up is working as well.

Ming

 

[dawsondj01]

right, guys, actually got round to looking at car today, took sump off and what was rolling around in the bottom???? the pick up pipe, snapped clean off, so refit a new one, sealed up sump and will try put some oil in tonight and see what happens, lol. hopefully problem fixed. touch wood.

 

[clock34]

woop hope it fixes your problem. dont get how it snapped off though :S. or how u managed to drive for miles with it not seizing if it was always off :S. atleast its fixed

 

[Brooky]

Before sticking the sump on you should have checked the bottom ends and mains, and cam bearings.

Wouldn't surprise me if it all goes tits up soon.

So how did the pick up snap off, they should never break, or was it from the ding in the sump?

 

[clock34]

cant be from the ding that was 11month ago....

 

[Brooky]

Could of cracked it? Then heat cycles and vibes made it worse to the point where it fell off.

Depends if the dint was actually where the pickup was

 

[fingers99]

Could be from fatigue caused by the ding............

But we'll probably never get to the bottom of it. I'd have knocked out the ding while I had the sump off........

 

[clock34]

suppose it could have gone over time.

either way hope its sorted for you mate!

 

[dawsondj01]

right chaps, while i had the sump off i checked the bearings, no sign of wear, no scoring, but the dint in the sump was exactly under the pickup pipe, got another sump this morning which looks nearly new, just took an hour in the scrappers to find it an get it off. so new pickup pipe, new sump, clean oil. and yey. started it up oil light went off straight away, no rattles, lovely job.

 

[clock34]

glad its sorted mate!

 

[dawsondj01]

just need to sort a few mot issues then i can take it for a blast.

 

[dronenrs]

WoW. that really did go. maybe whilst removing the engine. or putting it in something might of shook it. but ah well. stuff happens.. happy youve fixed it.