senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 18y 1m 4d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 17/11/08 05:04 AM Share Posted 17/11/08 05:04 AM (edited) This is what happens when the stock oil pump lets go. There are two common causes. One cause is shock loading on the gears when you hit a hard cut limiter (or a soft limiter alot) and the second being over revving and trying to push too much oil through the standard pump.To guard against this, make sure your oil is up to temp (the oil is thicker when cold and is harder to push through the pump) before you go thrashing, or replace the oil pump with one that has been machined for higher flow and has billet gears in it. This won't make it indestructable, but it will be pretty hard (ie, you driving like a P-plater on V Black) to smash it. Edited 17/11/08 05:04 AM by senna_T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guests Posted 17/11/08 05:22 AM Share Posted 17/11/08 05:22 AM Ouchie Is that your pump Pat?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 18y 1m 4d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 17/11/08 05:26 AM Author Share Posted 17/11/08 05:26 AM Nah, not mine mate, but it could be unless I replace mine soon! A failure like this can cause other issues too, the motor this pump came off was knocked out of time as a result of pieces of metal from the pump getting into the timing chain and the timing sprocket. This leads to valves being damaged and possibly more extensive head damage. Not to mention all the shrapnel that ends up through the rest of the motor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosti NOT THERE!... THERE! Member 852 Member For: 16y 10m 17d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 17/11/08 05:41 AM Share Posted 17/11/08 05:41 AM Jesus christ... that makes my face hurt, just looking at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guests Posted 17/11/08 05:57 AM Share Posted 17/11/08 05:57 AM Yep, a WA member has just had a new bottom end put in his BF ute after a pump failure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 18y 1m 4d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 17/11/08 05:59 AM Author Share Posted 17/11/08 05:59 AM Was that Goran? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guests Posted 17/11/08 06:02 AM Share Posted 17/11/08 06:02 AM It surely was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XF Falcon <put funny sh*t here> Member 3,365 Member For: 18y 4m 3d Gender: Male Location: Perth, NOR Posted 17/11/08 06:03 AM Share Posted 17/11/08 06:03 AM (edited) It sure was. I saw his bits and pieces of the oil pump when it was at Ford, looks nasty doesn't it! Edited 17/11/08 06:04 AM by XF Falcon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaddy Member 38 Member For: 17y 5m 2d Gender: Male Location: kinross Posted 17/11/08 06:04 AM Share Posted 17/11/08 06:04 AM OUCHIE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
typhoon_freak Cryptic Clothing Company Donating Members 4,556 Member For: 16y 8m 1d Gender: Male Location: Brisvages, Capalaba Posted 17/11/08 06:08 AM Share Posted 17/11/08 06:08 AM that's nasty.. how much does a new high flow pump and billet gears cost? not a bad investment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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