Subject	I personally rebuilt my oil pump, ported it and am satisfied
Posted by	LitlElvis on October 20, 2009 at 10:38 AM
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In Reply To	Oil Pump Rebuilding posted by ZXoltan on October 20, 2009 at 07:16 AM
Message	it will be fine. I don't see a problem with rebuilding an old pump as long as they weren't junk to begin with. I really like the idea of porting the passages because the restriction caused by these areas amounts to a pressure drop and unecessary heat input into the oil.
Follow Ups	Oil Pump Rebuilding - ZXoltan 07:16:49 10/20/09 You should dig deeper into Tech@EPR, and his other names. - ni[X]it 08:44:48 10/20/09 HAHA.... Nixit speaks - pearlwhite94ttz 09:38:26 10/20/09 hmmm...many others have spoken as well...check history> - Gizmo 11:19:12 10/20/09 Well... - Boris 11:59:08 10/20/09 Re: Well... - Tech@EPR 19:38:30 10/20/09 Personally, I would only use new OEM. - 550HPTT 08:46:36 10/20/09 Re: Oil Pump Rebuilding - Tech@EPR 08:50:52 10/20/09 no thanks. (n/m) - ZEngineer 09:27:07 10/20/09 JW, how come? You generally have scientific bases for your - yobobrox 09:35:36 10/20/09 because its not yellow.. :-) (n/m) - Carlos Ramirez 10:08:48 10/20/09 not just any yellow.. it's lambo-urine yellow. :) - Cap927(Boston) 13:27:39 10/20/09 I thought it was lamboweenie? (n/m) - MixManMash 15:06:38 10/20/09 I'd weight the potential benefit if the unit is well rebuilt - ZEngineer 12:16:41 10/20/09 *weigh (n/m) - ZEngineer 13:17:19 10/20/09 I personally rebuilt my oil pump, ported it and am satisfied - LitlElvis 10:38:58 10/20/09 Are seals or small parts available or needed to rebuild? (n/m) - ZXoltan 10:43:12 10/20/09 Re: Are seals or small parts available or needed to rebuild? - Tech@EPR 10:54:38 10/20/09 No replacement seals or gaskets needed - LitlElvis 11:35:47 10/20/09 Thanks Brett - ZXoltan 12:00:22 10/20/09 the pump's rotor will wear into the cover - LitlElvis 13:26:51 10/20/09 port it yourself (n/m) - aliaZ 10:39:14 10/20/09 Seems like a bad place to try to save a few bucks ... - ConVerTT 18:57:38 10/20/09 Re: Seems like a bad place to try to save a few bucks ... - Tech@EPR 19:17:02 10/20/09 My original pump looked fine, and I still bought a new one - collegeboy 08:58:44 10/21/09 No. It means that given the time and money that I would - ConVerTT 09:09:10 10/21/09
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