Re: oil pump
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Originally Posted by codeplus
Update: The guy that built the motor installed the gear on the cam that runs the oil pump
backwards. Surprised I had oil pressure to start at all. Not good.
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I think you mean the idler gear between the oil pump gear and the cam gear was installed backwards. That would cause a fast failure of the drive from the cam to the pump since almost no gear mesh is made.
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