cvh oil pump ?????
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cvh oil pump ?????
hi all my oil light stays on when the car ticks over and when i rev it the light goes off the bloke who i bought the car from said he has had a new switch fitted it looks new to me so i dont think its that the car runs spot on with no knocks or rattles could it be the oil pump are they easy to change ?????
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I'd certainly do the sump, a lot of pattern panel people do sumps as well like Hadrian.
It may well be the case that owing to the bodge the car suffered oil loss which has caused some crank/shell wear and that is why the light is on at tickover.
It would be wise to do an oil change and flush too.
If it is only on at tickover I would just put up with it, otherwise you will spend a lot of money on a rebuild when you could have many thousands of miles yet from this engine.
I have had cars that took 10 seconds for the oil pressure to build enough to stop the knocking before now, and still had a fair few thousand out of them, the old triumph sixes were famous for this, from new, as oil draine dback from poorly designed system but still would do over 100,000 miles.
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It may well be the case that owing to the bodge the car suffered oil loss which has caused some crank/shell wear and that is why the light is on at tickover.
It would be wise to do an oil change and flush too.
If it is only on at tickover I would just put up with it, otherwise you will spend a lot of money on a rebuild when you could have many thousands of miles yet from this engine.
I have had cars that took 10 seconds for the oil pressure to build enough to stop the knocking before now, and still had a fair few thousand out of them, the old triumph sixes were famous for this, from new, as oil draine dback from poorly designed system but still would do over 100,000 miles.
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My old engine used to bring the light on at idle. I left it and after a while it killed the engine. Cause was an oil pump. Can be a pig of a job in place mind you
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