Just a small tip to anyone who is playing around rebuilding things... make sure everything is spotlessly clean! The following picture is what mess i found this evening inside an oil pump pickup pipe that 'looked' clean (from the outside and looking in the filter hole).



I knew this engine had suffered an oil starvation problem in the past though, so i was unwilling to put this back on without taking it apart first. I'm glad i did, as there was a mix of silicone and swarf inside the filter just waiting to be sucked into the brand new oil pump!

 

Bloody hell

 

Nice, that's just what you'd want in the new oil pump.
Was that on Rik's old engine?

 

Is that a big lump of cylicone sealer.

 

Gadget - yes it was, i'm sure you'll be seeing it soon

Glenn - yep, engine failed due to oil starvation caused by too much silicone sealer!