no oil pressure still need major help

6th July 2011, 19:17

im banging my head against a wall now, story so far , the engine has been rebuilt with new pistons , gasket ect the car is a vts, i have no oil going round the car so of came the sump to check the oil pump ,(thats fine) so pump back on and sump, then came on here to ask, someone said you might have headgasket on wrong , so today stripped it all back down to the block and guess what the gasket is on correct , so i thought ill turn crank with a trusty spanner and see if out comes out the hole on the top of the block , got nothing and i can blow down it and it seems thats just the return , i have a oil relocation and oil cooler to , is it possiable its cutting of on the plate,on the block, can they be wrong , im getting nothing after the plate ,,,,,,, please please help

6th July 2011, 19:34

take the plate off and try turning engine over again.

could be a blocked oil pipe/cooler etc.

let us know if you crack it mate.

6th July 2011, 19:51

going to put head back on tomorrow, is it possable to get the oil location pates on wrong, the one with the two grub screws for oil pressure switch is the one attatched to the filter, is that write or should that one be on the block ,