Advice for those doing SR swap..

Post by **ILikeMy240sx** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 6:34 am

OIL PUMP OIL PUMP OIL PUMP OIL PUMP OIL PUMP OIL PUMP OIL PUMP OIL PUMP OIL PUMP OIL PUMP OIL PUMP OIL PUMP OIL PUMP OIL PUMP OIL PUMP OIL PUMP OIL PUMP OIL PUMP OIL PUMP OIL PUMP

Yes... replace it before you put it in... I made the mistake of not doing that and I spun my rod bearings.. FCUK~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I put in the new oil pump and ran fine for few days and yesterday the thing started knocking... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA now I have to pretty much rebuild the engine with new headgasket and new head bolts (which were new when I put them in)...

damn I suck at life......
Modified by ILikeMy240sx at 2:57 PM 10/30/2005

Post by **drifter_for_life06** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 7:16 am

whats an OIL PMUP?

j/k

Post by **Repo Man** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 7:22 am

Wow, that sucks man. Sounds like sage advice.

Post by **JimmyMethod** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 8:17 am

drifter_for_life06 wrote:whats an OIL PMUP?

j/k

He just typed the whole phrase backwards. Really, it's PUMP LIO. Lio is the name of this really hot race queen. He's just dyslexic.

Post by **drifter_for_life06** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:39 am

what oil pump did you get to replace it?

Post by **GhostDriver** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:44 am

Ah that sucks . That oil pan wasn't dented right?

Post by **ILikeMy240sx** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:56 am

stock oil pump... Get a brand new one so you never have to worry about that *******A W#$*@ #$* @#$**#***#@*FAIFA*FDA*FEW(A(FDSAfds POS ever agin....

It sucks because I took apart the motor before putting it in the engine to replace the headgasket and the head studs now I have to take apart the whole thing and do it allll over except now I have to buy new headgasket and new studs and all bearings.... who knows what else it F'ed up...

Stupid oil pump.. I HATE YOU!!!!!!!!!

Post by **ILikeMy240sx** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:59 am

JimmyMethod wrote:He just typed the whole phrase backwards. Really, it's PUMP LIO. Lio is the name of this really hot race queen. He's just dyslexic.

dang... I told Lio not to tell anyone... bastard.

Post by **GrilledCheese33** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 10:17 am

Dude that sucks the nut! I would be wishing i still had my good ol ka if that happened to me

Post by **ILikeMy240sx** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 10:18 am

well I still have the KA.. but no way im putting that back in here after all the money I spent on this SR... Maybe I shouldve put new rods and pistons in my KA and go KA-T.... at this point I dont know... I just want my car to run... ARG

Post by **GrilledCheese33** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 10:22 am

thats all ur call. You could sell the sr and get back what you have in it after its fixed. I mean, the amount before this happened of course.

Post by **drifter_for_life06** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 10:48 am

how much was teh replacement pump?

Post by **ILikeMy240sx** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 6:36 pm

Meh... went too far already to turn back now. Im trying to look at it from the bright side... When Im done with the rebuild, its practially a new engine and I can beat on it for years to come hehehehe.

I took the engine apart tonight and main bearing #2 and #3 chewed up pretty bad and #2 bearing left a nice groove on my crank... nice. #4 rod bearing was completely chewed up... Probably the worst condition bearing.

Oil pump brand new costs about 200~250 shipped. Believe me... its worth every penny and it will save you money in the end... and not have to rebuild the engine like me.

Post by **drifter_for_life06** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 6:44 pm

im just wondering.....how many other peopel have had this problem...not sayin you arent credible cuz i do by all means beleive you

but thus far your the first pesron ive heard of post about this......feel free to 'bash' me and link me to various threads

Post by **ILikeMy240sx** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 6:48 pm

Well.. some people get lucky and their engine has good oil pump and everything runs perfectly smooth. Those are the kinds that people want to hear about and think that their engine will do the same. See... that was me. I had a friend that told me to change the oil pump but no.... I decided to save some money and gambled and hoped that the oil pump would be good but it wasnt. I ran it for a day not knowing about the oil pump and and oil light starts to flicker... uhoh what do I do? I run it for another day becayse it only flickers during idle. Well... now look where I am.

All this gamb|ing and guessing game CAN be avoided if you spend a bit more money and do it right the first time.

Post by **574-240sx** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 7:51 pm

Dam that sucks. I had my SR running for a short time and it was ticking for the first 20 seconds then cleared up. I still have some wiring to do. Also did you know the mileage on the motor, what year is the motor, was there any sign that the motor was in an accident?

Post by **ILikeMy240sx** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 8:03 pm

Its a redtop soo early 90s... No clue on mileage. When we took apart the motor, the cylinder walls were in great shape and the internals looked pretty healthy and no gunked up oil anywhere....

When I got the motor, CAS, Coolant neck and heatshield was all broken... Which tells me it might have been in a front end accident OR the motor got damaged while being shipped to my place... (probably why the oil pump was bad). Also there was a T in the FPR vac line so who knows what this previous owner did with that......

Post by **dfw240_EE** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 10:48 pm

Might be why the engine was in a junkyard in the first place.

Post by **ILikeMy240sx** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 10:28 am

Well.... the first week or two that I had the engine it seemed to run fine... no weird noise or anything. So I doubt that the engine ended up in the yard because of spun bearings. Most likely because it was in an accident.

Im pretty sure that the oil pump grinded up my bearings...

Post by **drifter_for_life06** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 10:53 am

i guess il drive mine til i ehar a weird noisethen get an OP

Post by **ILikeMy240sx** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 12:25 pm

I guess that's up to you... Personally, after what happened to my car, weird noise = too late.

Post by **Rosco** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:10 pm

My oil pan had no dents and when I switched to the greddy/trust pan I saw no visible signs of damage.....Could I still have missed something? Is there anyway to tell before I put my engine in?

Post by **ILikeMy240sx** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:25 pm

When I took the motor apart, everything seemed fine before putting it in my car. No visual indication that something is wrong like the oil pump.

Only thing I can tell you is when I started up my car, it made this weird whinning noise from the front cover and at that time I thought it was the belts or something. It almost sounded like power steering pump whine or something.

But still, I would at least install oil pressure gauge to make sure. Also, its a big BIOTCH to change the oil pump with the engine still in the car. My friend did it for me since I could not go to the shop and believe me he was cursing all night and never wants to do it again.

Post by **CYD-WYZ** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 4:17 am

ILikeMy240sx wrote:I guess that's up to you... Personally, after what happened to my car, weird noise = too late.

dude i know i'm a bit late in posting this but there is a time difference for me.I done the exact same thing with my sr. and had all the same symptoms. mine is getting a fresh rebuild now which is kind of a good thing but not for my pocket. good luck with the sr they are heaps of fun to thrash around.

Post by **drifter_for_life06** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:34 am

maybe after the first initial stages of driving when i get money after paying off the swap ill get a new one, better safe than sorry right?

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