No oil pressure after oil pump installed

Asked by Terry Jun 20, 2016 at 03:07 AM about the 1999 Chevrolet Camaro

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Can main bearings slipped
and cause no oil pressure at
all

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Rowefast answered 7 years ago

I agree with tennisshoes on his method, oil pump needs to be primed, but if the engine is already installed, you can do it when it is installed which is how I do it, by rigging up a rod on a drill to the oil pump shaft and spinning it until oil has circulates threw the engine.

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