Vtec solenoid, oil pressure switch. PHOTOS OF WHAT I MEAN

crigal.bb6 · Post by **crigal.bb6** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 8:55 am

Or k20. I will get looking

bristol_bb4 · Post by **bristol_bb4** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 9:46 am

Atr mate

The 20mins or so I got to drive my first atr engine with that spoon ecu you have was epic! Lol

kris_aka_edu · Post by **kris_aka_edu** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 10:55 am

Good luck mate. Let me know how you get on. Try that jap breakers too I told you about!

Post by **Donald** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 12:59 pm

Might as well just get an ATR lump as said, you're only going to be chasing the aftermath IMO. If the oil pump has packed up what hidden damage could there be?

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 1:16 pm

Hasn't completely failed yet Donald and depends how quickly it's been caught/how few times the engine has been run since the pressure started dropping low?

Plus any used engine you put in, you're gonna want to change the belts on anyway surely, unless you know they were done very recently, so cost is about the same, except you add in the cost of a new engine?

Has anyone had a 'failed' pump apart yet to see what the problem is?
@tramroadmotors @nafemannathan ?

There's an interesting thread here where a guy in the US found a pump wasn't working simply because of a missing return spring...

(There's another thread on there from 2003 where they're hypothesising that failed oil pumps are caused by after-market crank pulleys

)

EPIC pictorial on changing the oil pumps is here

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 1:28 pm

Still not taken mine apart I'm afraid.

Ted · Post by **Ted** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 1:39 pm

wurlycorner wrote:Has anyone had a 'failed' pump apart yet to see what the problem is?
@tramroadmotors

nope never had a failed pump........... yet

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 2:01 pm

tramroadmotors wrote:
wurlycorner wrote:Has anyone had a 'failed' pump apart yet to see what the problem is?
@tramroadmotors
nope never had a failed pump........... yet

Thought you had bristol's laying around?

Post by **Donald** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 2:03 pm

I've never had a failed pump either

Back on topic though.

Ted · Post by **Ted** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 2:06 pm

it went for export, englishuglyshortphil took it back to his motherland