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Alright guys (girls?) I got about an inch of oil in the sender hole so the valve is obscured. So shall I blow the $486 on a new oil pump or pull the check valve to see if its a restriction? OR run the motor another minute in hopes it actually starts spraying like a male cat? I had it running about a minute until I could adjust lambda at idle and it was actually pretty damn on already
I have to give that f##ker his 8mm MAC tool back tomorrow too. I feel like pulling the valve is a small price to pay for performing this check on pressure. Ill show up to his shop in a clown suit for blood though if I find its been crushed due to the wrong stud being installed. I'm sure Id have to drop the pan and correct a stud issue if that's the case. Wasn't planning on ruining all my subframe bushings just yet.
Gah! I'm leaning toward faulty checkvalve possibly? This is the extent of damage to it below but when I tried to start the car with it out oil came shooting out and it didn't even actually start! That was a split second of rotation only
What do you guys think?
It looks like you got off fairly lightly. Usually the valve gets completely crushed, yours just seems to have the threads smeared. But it's the first time I hear that crushed valve blocks oil flow...
So I just got back from the shop. My machinist had a peon do the work so he didn't know if his guy cross threaded it. He still wants to help. His employee is on vacation this week too.
Anyway guys mark this one down. The valve was crushed so it stuck CLOSED! The shop owner took a punch to press the valve. Wouldn't move at all until he really leaned into it. Now its stuck open but won't be going anywhere except on a lapel lol. New ones inbound
Went to the gas station!! Only problem is the oil pressure sender is making the gauge read way past 5 bar like its pegged but it reads 0 bar with key in run position before starting the engine. As soon as it starts it pegs itself. I tried switching the wires and this way seems more normal than the other way's behavior. The old sender does the same crap lol. I didnt drive it long enough to see the pressure drop to the usual 2 bar.
Can't help buty notice this thread has gone radio silent... Anyway, this sender is garbage! The new FAE one I mean. I tried it again and the gauge climbs like normal to around 2 bar and then plummets past zero and sits. The OE sender reads 0 when engine off and above 5 when one. I'm putting the old one back in to see what happens with the engine up to temp. Here we come new $180 sender lol
Can't help buty notice this thread has gone radio silent... Anyway, this sender is garbage! The new FAE one I mean. I tried it again and the gauge climbs like normal to around 2 bar and then plummets past zero and sits. The OE sender reads 0 when engine off and above 5 when one. I'm putting the old one back in to see what happens with the engine up to temp. Here we come new $180 sender lol
Thanks guys I'm also hopeful! Ya that's pretty odd as this one seems to climb normally until its just dives to zero. At accessory position with key, it sits a little above 0 lilke its f#cked up. Very strange. Maybe I should send it back
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