Oil pump and pickup

[KyddsPly]

Yesterday driving down I five might oil light comes on. Pull over and check the oil completely full. Deafly no oil pressure, can hear the rockers. So my question is this, does anybody have a part number for a high volume pump and new pick up?


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[jckkys]

What oil pan are you using? Some high volume oil pumps don't like the dual sump pans and the kind of pickup is determined by what pan.

 

[KyddsPly]

Well that's the other thing, I'm going to put a new pan on. Does Any dual oil sump 302 pan work?

As far as the pump, I'm using a melding high volume pump, and replacing the pick up tube with One for a dual sump


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[blubuckaroo]

Have you taken it apart and examined it?
I've seen a high volume oil pump put too much load on the drive shaft and twist it right off.
I see no reason for a high volume pump for normal use.

 

[Broncobowsher]

Unless you have sloppy bearings (that is how they once did race engines as well) you don't need a high volume oil pump. As stated above it can cause more issues than it solves. There are better oil pump driveshafts and that is probably what your problem is. If by some chance the most lubed part of the engine did fail (the oil pump) Melling makes a real nice oil pump and upgraded driveshaft combo. You can pick up a standard volume version.

But you need to take it apart and find what failed first. Don't go buying parts when you don't know what you need.

 

[KyddsPly]

no I have not pulled the pan down yet. I'm just looking at parts, to get a gauge out what I'm going to need. What's the pan is down I'll know for sure what the issue was, is.

As far as going to the high volume pump, it was what the engine builder put in when the 347 was built. I was just under the assumption I should replace it with a like and kind if it needs it.


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[blubuckaroo]

no I have not pulled the pan down yet. I'm just looking at parts, to get a gauge out what I'm going to need. What's the pan is down I'll know for sure what the issue was, is.

As far as going to the high volume pump, it was what the engine builder put in when the 347 was built. I was just under the assumption I should replace it with a like and kind if it needs it.


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A stroked motor shouldn't need a high volume pump.

 

[KyddsPly]

I'll look into a regular pump. Thank you


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