No Oil Pressure ??????

you havnt done any changes or service or mods before this happend?
could be blockages in your oil pick up...
and your oil lines it might need a good clean out...

tappets on idle?

oil pick up is clean as a whisle. what oil lines are you talking about?

tappets on idle?

I would put an oil pressure gauge on it and see what the oil pressure is doing.

with a cold motor the oil is a bit thicker and the rpm are higher so you should be getting good pressure.

check the oil pressure when the engine is cold until warm up and record the results.

aslo watch the needle of the gauge. does it pulsate ????


have you had a "bottom out " and dented your sump ????

yeah i've been checking with the gauge, it just sit's a zero. Worries' me to leave it like that for too long.

Nope no accidents that i know off, unless my cuzin has bang my car without me knowing about it.

Anyways, should be all good i've ripped the engine out will be inspecting it all when i get some spare time.

when the motor is cold oil pressure should be above 60 psi. THere is definately something wrong there. Hope you find your problem.

if there's no oil pressure usually there tappets.

I posted on here how to inspect the oil pump, I'll find it, doing bearings now that it's out is a great idea, also cleaning it wouldn't hurt. Heck might as well do a basic rebuild. Then you know there shouldn't be anything wrong with her then.

Wasn't on this forum!! Here: http://www.strathlan.com/CMS/viewtopic.php?t=27

Thanks for that GSR, i've ordered a new oil and water pump already. What else do you suggest i do with the engine out? What bearing are you reffering to and what's involved with a basic rebuild?

dented oil pan perhaps?

i woudl not drive until i was satisfied there was oil pressure...

is there oil pressure above idle? how much?

Have you tried that guage on another car??? Could just be the guage....

Just wouldn't wanna do anything too major and have it turn out that its the guage. lol

Good luck man

A basic rebuild will consists of a teardown, cleaning, and blue printing before machining to see what needs to be done. Then if it's all with in specs it will began hoaning of the cylinders, decking the top of the block and bottom of the head(optional), detailed cleaning of the block, piston cleaning/bead blasting, new rings, reassembly of the bottom end. If you want to dig in to the head you can freshen it up. The cost will jump a little there as there is more labor involved. A bottom end rebuild here is about $1200USD with the new parts and labor. The head will add about $800USD in just labor and machining charges. But it may be needed so you'll have to get together with your mechanic. Thrust, main and rod bearings cost about $120USD for a full oem set or $250USD coated from Calico. THen shipping. But those are included in the cost of parts.

Detailed parts list:
Piston rings and pin locks.
Main, rod, and thrust bearings.
Master gasket and seal kits for block and head.
Oil and water pump (Which you said you just ordered.).
Timing belt.
Front and rear crank seals (Might come with a master gasket/seal set.).
Head to block alignment pins (Optional.).

light from where?? dash?