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Originally posted by lee mitchell
if ur pump was fucked and had no pressure the oil light should be on.

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fit an oil pressure gauge and go from their

if ur pump was fucked and had no pressure the oil light should be on.

for them to take to take it apart to find out its gonna cost loads, for me to ask on here and then change it myself its not too bad.

could be pump failure.. think they are pretty pricey from vaux though..

Cossvaux do them for about £140 iirc
think its pretty common on redtop engine..

dunno, ask ya specialist! :P

but seriously, would that not be the sensible thing to do?

current spec-

2.0 16v conversion (20XE), K&N 57i air filter, QED cams (Q42H), brand new hydraulic lifters, Piper vernier pulleys, skimmed, ported and polished cylinder head (gas flowed), cool running thermostat (82 deg), ARP rod bolts, manifold back stainless steel 2 1/4 inch exhaust

My car has been to F1 RR in bolton today to have the cams setup and chip mapped, they called in a specialst who knows the C20XEs inside out.

The day before it went the tappets became really noisy, i presumed because i hadent driven the car for a week. They continued to be noisey right up untill i dropped the car off on sat.

Ian at F1 rang me tonite and has told me that there is no oil pressure getting to the tappets, im going to collect the car tommorow afternoon.

In the last 2 months the car has had a complete top gasket set, 16 new tappets, and the usual service parts oil, filter, sparks + leads etc as well as the cylinder head being skimmed, ported and polished.

So what is causing it to not have any pressure? Simply a fucked oil pump or could it be more serious, blocked oil ways etc?

apologies for the essay :)