*EDIT*
Pulled oil filter off.. tried to prime it.. and no oil at all came out the filter section.


Hrmmm.. this might sound dumb.. just figured id cover my basses..
attempting to prime the oil line.. (6times or so)
was mainly just checking for fuel leaks and or oil leaks.... but umm.. no oil coming out oil feed to turbo.. any suggestions? is something not hooked up..

and yes there is oil in it.

trying to figure out why i have no oil pressure.

 

How long are you cranking on it? Seems like I had to crank mine for quite awhile before I got the feed line primed all the way through

 

Well.. i just took off the oil pressure sensor i have hooked to the 3/8npt plug right by the fliter.. did a 3 secon crank.. put my finger over it, and no oil came out.. there is oil all over my hands now.. but nothing bring pushed threw the plug.

 

ok just took it a step further.. and pulled the oil filter off.. tried to prime it and no oil came out the conection at all.. is there a sensor or something along those lines i didnt plug in? or should i assume soemthing massively wrong with my oil pump.. or does an unprimed oil pump really take that long to prime?

 

are you using an oil feed adapter?

 

oil feed adapter? .. no i removed the 3.8 npt plug and tap into that..

but no oil is being fed to the oil filter!!! i dont care about the oil feed to the turbo no more.

 

I think zulu just had this same issue he was not getting any oil pressure with his new built motor something about the oil pickup tube needing to be primed I do believe check his thread I know he posted it in there not too long ago.

 

ya.. i was thinkin something along those lines... but not sure.. didnt want to start rippin off my oil pan again for no reason if i dont have to.. not that its a big deal.. a whole 2min job on my car. lol

 

Ok. well i started taken the oil pan off.. and noticed the time.. stopped and ran to autozone and got everything ill need. unfortuniatly its raining now so i wasnt able to finish. cars out in the rain.. if weather is medicre tomorrow we will see if greasen up the filler neck and the pump as much as possible will fix the problem..
if it doesnt... someone come up with a new idea. dont feel like adding a 240$ oil pump to my list of parts for this week..

 

Try overfilling it past the point on the dipstick so the oil sits at least above tube part and try cracking it but not starting it

Just a thought

 

I see everyone doing it with a drill and a socket....but you'd have to remove your timing belt I'd bet. I don't know exactly where the oil pump is on these dudes.

 

ok i do have oil being pushed threw the system now. thanks guys

 

what was the issue?

 

issue was, oil pump wasnt pushing oil at all..

solution was...

simple put.. i primed the oil pump

I was unaware the oil pump was not primed, i thought i was told it was primed.. but the system was dry.. it was a missunderstanding on my part apparently.

all i did was shuve a bunch of white lithium grease into the oil pump(about 2oz), and also filled the filler neck with grease also.. filled it back up with oil.. then added an extra quart.. and first crank it instantly started pushing oil.. it was maken a weird noise at first.. like the pump wasnt filling up with oil or something.. but after the first time it actually ran for a few seconds it went away.