milehigh
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Denver, CO
I have the pan off to do all the normal fun stuff, well I didnt research the topic too heavily and I only have a chiltons so I didnt receive a heads up to the fact that you cant remove the old pickup and reuse it
"CAUTION: If the oil pump is not to be serviced, DO
NOT disturb position of oil inlet tube and strainer
assembly in pump body. If the tube is moved within
the pump body, a replacement tube and strainer
assembly must be installed to assure an airtight
seal"
I also found alot of complaints about the pickup being hard as hell to install, needing to be pressed in. So now I am having doubts about replacing pump and pickup. There was a very thick layer of gunk on the bottom of the pan and the pump and pickup had a nice amount of the same stuff in it. Im thinking this is where my oil press issues were coming from. Course could be my oil pump or bearings which I will check tomorrow(bearings) wish I had a way to check my pump. I need to have this done by tomorrow, if Im lucky Napa will have one in stock and I could attempt to install the pickup and hope for a good seal. The downside of course is if I dont and reuse the old pump(130k on it) that the pan may have to come back off. I maybe screwed either way if no one has it in stock. Man I really wish I knew about this ahead of time I could have waited to tear this apart.
What would you guys do in this stituation, just roll the dice and reuse the pump? Or take the extra time to get a new pump/pickup? I guess Im so wishy washy because the more I think about it the more I think a bad pump at 130k !? WTF mopar. It should last the life of the motor, are oil pumps notorious in these 4.0's? It does make me wish I was working on my galaxie, alot easier and more reliable, but I guess thats why Im not working on it, lol.
"CAUTION: If the oil pump is not to be serviced, DO
NOT disturb position of oil inlet tube and strainer
assembly in pump body. If the tube is moved within
the pump body, a replacement tube and strainer
assembly must be installed to assure an airtight
seal"
I also found alot of complaints about the pickup being hard as hell to install, needing to be pressed in. So now I am having doubts about replacing pump and pickup. There was a very thick layer of gunk on the bottom of the pan and the pump and pickup had a nice amount of the same stuff in it. Im thinking this is where my oil press issues were coming from. Course could be my oil pump or bearings which I will check tomorrow(bearings) wish I had a way to check my pump. I need to have this done by tomorrow, if Im lucky Napa will have one in stock and I could attempt to install the pickup and hope for a good seal. The downside of course is if I dont and reuse the old pump(130k on it) that the pan may have to come back off. I maybe screwed either way if no one has it in stock. Man I really wish I knew about this ahead of time I could have waited to tear this apart.
What would you guys do in this stituation, just roll the dice and reuse the pump? Or take the extra time to get a new pump/pickup? I guess Im so wishy washy because the more I think about it the more I think a bad pump at 130k !? WTF mopar. It should last the life of the motor, are oil pumps notorious in these 4.0's? It does make me wish I was working on my galaxie, alot easier and more reliable, but I guess thats why Im not working on it, lol.