The engine is a D16y7
intake (y8)
New Ebaby turbo kit
So during this year long build the engine was removed in perfect running condition minus some smoke during really long sittings (3+days or longer ish). 114k. I replaced all of the maintaince items for 100k (t-belt, wp, ewtc) also did the oil pump. Saw a video about porting out passages for that few bumps of psi for the turbo install. That went fine put everything together per the manual i have from AdvanceAuto and During the first start up it took a while to get it started but eventually the car breathed for the first time in months. Ran smooth minus some idle issues which were fixed.

So now the problem: Full of oil and oil treatment (additive i always use in my oil changes) my and my oil light flickerd a bit and then stayed on. Was never on before. I do have a sandwhich plate on and the gauge sensor connected to it. The stock sensor is still in the block.
Im scared to run it with no oil pressure even though its oil in the engine. I found some similar stories on here about the pick up tube being clogged so i took the pan off and checked. Nothing floating or on the bottom of the pan, and the tube wasnt clogged. I thought the gasket looked a little weird so I replaced it. Light still on and still 0 pressure.Though it looked like during cranking (with a plug wire removed to prevent starting) i was getting numbers on the gauge during this. But still 0 when i let it run.

Anything I should check or what? I feel like I may just have bought a sh*t oil pump. But my luck cant be that bad. the wire wasnt molest either so I cant be the wire being faulty I guess. Im really lost because the oil light is a simple circuit and I had no problems before the turbo. Also didnt get any oil out of my feed line, I had it off during cranking, didnt get a drop of oil anywhere. Wasnt really any smoke during the runs either.

 

ebay oil pump?

 

Yes it was an ebay oil pump, and ive havent had any bad experiences with the products ive bought there.
do you have any exp with the oil pumps from ebay??

 

Have you tried a different gauge or sensor?

 

I don't know too much about the topic but if you rebuilt the motor then you must have checked the clearances for the rod bearings. Right? If not then that could be your issue. Too big of bearing low oil pressure, to large high oil pressure from what Ive read. Just an idea.

 

I have no experience with them I only use OEM oil pumps, but from what im reading your oil pressure was normal then u replaced the pump and now you have no oil pressure so its definitely highly suspect, you may want to try putting the old pump to verify this possibility.

possibly you left metal shavings in oil passages when porting ??

IMO i would skip oil additives theres no reason to use them, good quality oil is all you need

 

i went to town with brake cleaner before install and i pulled the oil pan to inspect the pick up tube and i didnt see any metal specs what so ever. ill order an oem pump and see what happens. hopefully get some decent weather to get this done before it really gets cold lol