Fellow Listers...
Recently I put a few postings to the list regarding the fact that I
could not get my starter to turn over my rebuilt MGA 1500. Thanks to the
wisdom of the listers, I got past that problem and now, the starter will turn
over the engine rather easily.
I now have the next challenge - getting oil pressure. I am having some
trouble and thought I should ask for some help before going too far.
When I rebuilt the engine (acutally had the short block professionally
rebuilt and I put on the assessories, such as the oil pump), I packed the new
oil pump with white lithium grease to hopefully aid in the priming.
In my pursuit of oil pressure, I removed the plugs, and ran the starter
for a minute or so. No oil pressure. I then disconnected the hose that goes
to the oil pressure gauge and used a syrenge to put about a pint or so of oil
into the engine via this route. I also pushed the car backwards in 4th gear
to try and get the oil pump to suck some oil. Turned the engine over with
the starter for about a minute. No oil pressure.
I am a bit of a loss at this point. Maybe I did not push the car
backwards far enough in fourth - I only went 10 or 20 feet. Maybe I should
not have put lithium grease into the new oil pump when I put it into the
engine.
Does anyone have any sugestions on things I should do or check? I
really hate to pull off the pan and the oil pump if there are other things I
could check first. Maybe my oil pressure relief valve is stuck open (how
that might happen, I do not know).
Anyway, as one can see, I need help...
Thanks in advance...
Joe Ratigan
58 Roadster that really wants to run, if it only could
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