A friend of mine just bought a 94 del sol vtec, the motor had just recently been rebuilt, 5k on the rebuild, 130k on the car.
The other night he was driving along, low rpm driving, late at night.

The oil pressure light came on, checked oil, plenty there, tried to make it home.

On the way home ~ 5 miles, the car died, wouldnt' start again.

I dropped the oil pickup and the remains of the oil pump gears fell out.

Yeah, it sucks, he's only had this car 1 week and the bonehead **** *** motor building skill of someone else has just ruined this guys whole situation.

Things to note:

-5k on rebuild
-itr pistons, stock rods
-autometer mechanical gauge, sender on 4ft braided line teed from oil pressure sensor (makes no ******* sense to me either,)

Here's what i'm thinking.

The motor was rebuilt, not balanced at all. Oil pump was not inspected for clearances.

I highly doubt this car had a oil pressure gauge before the rebuild as well.

I think the combination of the unbalanced rotating assembly, extra strain on oil pump to accomodate the 4ft of oil it now had to push, and the age of the pump were what killed it.

Question is, what to do from here.

I'm leaning towards a full teardown of the whole motor. take entire rotating assembly to machine shop, etc.

I don't know, the rods, springs and such could have got hot in the 5 miles he was driving, it would be hard to tell.

the guy has the money to spend, and i've definetly got the credit card bills to let him pay me, so does anyone else have any advice, experience with this situation?