I need some suggestions before I take the big punge and start pulling my motor down.
The problem, Oil Pump will not prime.
Engine, 302, stock pump and Canton 7Qt Road Race Pan.
Canton Remote oil filter.
Motor has been sitting about a year before being installed. Everything was checked before install in car but forgot to prime pump.
no matter how much i spin the pump with the priming tool it will not pump oil, if I reverse the direction of the pump (clockwise) I can get a strong suction on the filter input line. If I put oil down that line I can hear the pump glugging but when I drive the correct way very little oil is pumped out. If I remove both lines from the filter and spin the pump still nuthing comes out of either line. I have checked and rechecked oil flow direction to the filter in case that is the problem but unless I can't see it, it is hooked up correctly.
My next step would be to take the car to a friends shop and put it on the lift to drop the pan. I would like to avoid doing that so I am open to suggestions.
On Friday I leave for a week of cruising the Hawaiien islands and don't want to be have this on my mind when I should be having a good time.
Help, Peter
The problem, Oil Pump will not prime.
Engine, 302, stock pump and Canton 7Qt Road Race Pan.
Canton Remote oil filter.
Motor has been sitting about a year before being installed. Everything was checked before install in car but forgot to prime pump.
no matter how much i spin the pump with the priming tool it will not pump oil, if I reverse the direction of the pump (clockwise) I can get a strong suction on the filter input line. If I put oil down that line I can hear the pump glugging but when I drive the correct way very little oil is pumped out. If I remove both lines from the filter and spin the pump still nuthing comes out of either line. I have checked and rechecked oil flow direction to the filter in case that is the problem but unless I can't see it, it is hooked up correctly.
My next step would be to take the car to a friends shop and put it on the lift to drop the pan. I would like to avoid doing that so I am open to suggestions.
On Friday I leave for a week of cruising the Hawaiien islands and don't want to be have this on my mind when I should be having a good time.
Help, Peter