i was just wondering how long do the oil pumps last? or how many miles?
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i was just wondering how long do the oil pumps last? or how many miles?
still has the origonal oil pump in mine.... and points to my sig
heres an even better question, how do you know if an oil pumps going?
There are many oil pumps. The shaft-driven oil pump, the belt driven, the gear driven, the crankshaft driven.
There is two basic types of oil pumps, the rotary type & gear.
Most oil pumps go out from lack of maintenance & part failure. (oil seals & main bearing wear)
There is no life of the oil pump. To check oil pressure on a old engine, put a mechanical oil pressure tester in the oil pressure sending hole. A mechanical oil pressure gauge is more precise than any "idiot" light on the dash!
that explains it, thanksQuote:
Originally Posted by ddude2uc
On my car around the 150k mark I started to get a little rattle on cold start up. I attributed this to age miles and that I was parking with the car up hill. I didnt notice this as much on level ground in my garage.
At some point around the 200k mark I changed the oil pump I think I did when I did the timing belt . Guess what? no more rattle ever. hot cold and in between. I added in an oil pressure guage as well so I dont have any before or after numbers but I guess the rotor clearances must have started to loosen up for some reason.
If you dont have any rattle noise and your pressure is within spec I wouldnt worry about it unless you have a chance to chane it.
And the one I used to replace it leaked after about 30k miles and I had to replace it this time with a Honda part. Autozone would not honor the lifetime warrenty like they had when I origianlly bought it. it caused me a lotta of problems since I thought it was the front seal and I ended up changing that 2-3 times before I went and changed the pump.
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