97 gsr motor
Comming home from work the oil light came on.. and i haven't gotten into vtec since i can remember.
So wen i got home i turned the car off and took it the next day to the shop(via flatbed btw)
Shop then returned it with the oil light still on but installed a new pump that i had bought directly from Acura.
About 2 weeks later I heard a weard noise.. turned out it was my cams from oil starvation. Took off oil pump and then went to Acura.. got a replacement and installed it.. now i go to turn it on same thing goin on..no oil to my head and the oil light still on any ideas?

Sent block to get cleaned in solution(they said), crank cut.. block honed, new bearings, gaskets and rings.
Head got resurfaced and cleaned

 

Is the pan dented? Oil pickup dented? Oil pickup gasket in place? I assume you have a clogged path somewhere and its reducing pressure. Oil filter tight? Oil filter replaced?

 

yep all is brand spanken new.. mobile 1 filter and sythetic oil... new pump from acura.. wen i was installing it people on honda tech said it doesnt matter how it goes on.. pickup is fine and gasket is in place and properly torqued... and oil orifice was cleanned... and then i thought maybe somethin was clogged and i just removed the head from the first post till now.. and the orifice hole/pathway is clean as a whistle.. took off the oil filter and no oil really(just the oil i put in when i install the filter)

 

the shop may have messed up on the bearing clearances and/or is missing the oil control orifice between the head/block.

why did they cut the crank? that could be the whole problem right there..

 

machine shop cut the crank b/c wen i got the oil pump back from the shop and they said that it was ok to run it w/ the light on... and i came home one day hearing a noise .. it was my cams.. turned out they where all scared and crank was scared aswell.. .20 over.. bearings are same size.... and oil control orifice is there.. between cyl 2&3. but that passage way is clean.. not even having any oil in it. =/

 

Since when is it okay to run with the oil light on?

 

When you say "bearings are same size", do you mean .020" oversized also, or same size as stock oem color codes? Also, when the cams were oil starved, was there any damage to the cam journals on the head and cam caps? If so, did the machine shop machine the cam journals on the head and cam caps also? If so, how much material did they remove, also did they line bore the cam journals or just use a sanding wheel?

 

yeah just scrap that motor.

 

I mean .020 over and i had to get another head and cams.. b/c the head cam journals and cams had damage

 

They sent it back to you..with the oil light on??

 

Don't forget they said it was "okay" to drive with it on..

 

update.... no flamers/hater .. i just want to get my car started?? positive feed back only?

So i figured it out to where if i have the oil pan and exhaust off it pumps oil... but if i put it back on it does not .. any ideas? pcv valve maybe?

 

What about just the oil pan off? And how did you simulate the oil going thru with the pan off? Pcvi installed backwards?

 

hope you put alot of lube on everything lol ... if you pull the oil cap off while car is running is there a ton of air coming out of the oil cap ?" did your dipstick blow out of the block ever ?

 

no i ment i tryed it with the oil pan on.. just unbolted... (with a jack under it)

and yeah i put alota lube ..but i dont think its enough for all the try starting i'm doing .. =/

no and no dipstick never blow out of the block .. ever lol

--update--

turns out it was the oil pan that was bent all the way to the dump tube; tube ended up making a nice indention in the pan.

 

Nice find. Yah I always relace customers pans/pickups when I see a dented pan. It happens alot.

 

Btw, if you look at the very first reply to this thread, you'll see I.asked those two very questions.