Oil pump shim

[Hammerhead]

(05-21-2017 )Rawze Wrote:  I see something that has been missed in this discussion. I have seen people pull their pan off and re-install it, causing the o-ring to fail where the pick-up tube meets the oil pump. Sometimes you have to take off this pick-up tube to get the pan off, and sometimes not. Either way, if that o-ring starts leaking, you will get fluctuations in the oil pressure because it is sucking air. I have seen people destroy engines because that o-ring was sucking air and aerating the oil.

-- Just letting you know since no one has mentioned it.

Thanks for mentioning this. My big ugly work truck and the couple buddies trucks all had sufficient clearance that a blind man could remove the pan and not bump anything.
I've got another buddy that wants me to help him do this to his pavement princess, so I'll keep that in mind when we take that on...