superspadez

i just replaced the oil pump in my h23a and my oil pressure guage is not reading any oil pressure? pick up was clean no cloggs. ive used the search bar for 2 hrs now and it says the same thing. help please!

well i;m pretty sure i'm getting oil in the head. took off the oil cap while engine is on and see the little drops of oil jump out and engine isnt making any weird noises besides idling shitty. no ticking or knocking. oil has no metal shavings.

the gauge stopped working after i did the swap. there are no crimps in the hose.


the engine

shipo

Did you replace the oil pump because the gauge was showing no pressure?

If "Yes", did you validate the sending unit is accurate prior to the oil pump change?

The thing is, I find it HIGHLY unlikely that two consecutive pumps would be unable to generate any pressure; that leads me to conclude one of the following things is wrong with your engine:

• The sending unit is bad
• The main and rod bearings are completely shot and all of the pumped oil is just being dumped back into the pan

holmesnmanny

If you use too much teflon tape it is possible for it not to ground properly to the block.

superspadez

i replaced the oil pump for a swap. but my oil pump guage was still working fine before the swap. the motor runs and stays on and sounds normal

superspadez

i am using an mechanicl oil pressure guage. so i dont think ill need to worry about that. the

holmesnmanny

Did you run it with an OEM switch and see if the light comes on ?

superspadez

no...i took off the switch because i had an oil pressure guage

Hidenplanvew

are you sure the gauge works?

holmesnmanny

superspadez

yes. the gauge was working before i swapped out the motor