Sr20det not getting oil to head

[jlmillionaire]

Hey guys I was just checking to see if I was getting oil to the head, well for starters my greddy oil gauge wasn't working for some reason. So I was worried about oil pressure , so I removed valve cover and spark plugs and cranked the engine and no oil was coming out of the tubes . And I checked my oil feed line to turbo cranked it and no oil came out. I guess my pump took a shit on me. By the way I just did Tomei cams hks springs retainers and j e proseal hesdgasket .

[wurley]

two things that I have seen cause no oil pressure:

oil relocation kit hooked up wrong (in/out hooked up backward)

oil pan crushed; its hard to believe but I had zero oil pressure because the pan was crushed around pick-up tube, guess there isnt much clearance.

*for the record I wasn't responsible for either fuck-up

maybe try pulling the oil filter (w/ drain pan under of course) and see if any oil comes out there, probably wont if you said the turbo doesnt have oil pressure

also inspect the pan to see if its been crushed at all

[jlmillionaire]

I just did the Tomei n2 block , I hope that's the problem but if it is now I have to take off the intake mani agian�� The pan is Isis it's good I want to upgrade to Tomei tho

[jlmillionaire]

I see that the Tomei oil block says in and out can does it matter where each braided line goes to on the oil filter relocation . Also I noticed that I had plenty of oil on the timing chain but that's obvious because the oil is in the pan and block

[S-Nation S13]

the relocator should also have the corresponding in and out

[jlmillionaire]

I just have it hooked up to oil filter relocation and not oil cooler . I'll switch the an lines on the oil relocation it self where the filter is

[brndck]

its not so much that the pan is crushed, its that the oil pickup breaks, and instead of sucking up oil, it just sucks air from the top of the tube where it cracks.

[wurley]

I see that the Tomei oil block says in and out can does it matter where each braided line goes to on the oil filter relocation . Also I noticed that I had plenty of oil on the timing chain but that's obvious because the oil is in the pan and block

I just did the Tomei n2 block , I hope that's the problem but if it is now I have to take off the intake mani agian�� The pan is Isis it's good I want to upgrade to Tomei tho

Yes, I think the oil filter only flows one way. If i recall correct: "in" goes to center of the oil filter, "out" to outside. Should be as easy as switching the a/n's if they are wrong.

its not so much that the pan is crushed, its that the oil pickup breaks, and instead of sucking up oil, it just sucks air from the top of the tube where it cracks.

negative, I bent the pan back out and had instant oil pressure. there was in indent of the pickup tube in the pan.

[brndck]

negative, I bent the pan back out and had instant oil pressure. there was in indent of the pickup tube in the pan.

You may have dodged a bullet, but I'd still replace it.



http://www.nicoclub.com/archives/sr20det-oil-strainerpickup-tube-replacement.html

[jlmillionaire]

Well ill start with the an lines when I get home from work. I'll keep you guys posted thanks for the input

[jlmillionaire]

Hey guys I swapped the lines going to the oil filter relocation. And sucsess I have oil getting to the head!!

[derass]

Yes, I think the oil filter only flows one way. If i recall correct: "in" goes to center of the oil filter, "out" to outside.

I'm pretty sure oil "In" are the outside holes. Think of the drain-back valve that's there, oil wouldn't flow if those holes were "Out".

[Kingtal0n]

this is why I recommend you leave the engine alone. Stock cam/head does 320rwhp on 93. Without touching the spring/valves/head you drop a set of S3 or similar tiny cam and bump that to 380rwhp on 93. If you need more than that you go to a larger engine (i.e. 5.3L+)

sr20 are very sensitive to dirt, grime, salt, you name it. Open one up without performing surgery is asking for trouble.

[jlmillionaire]

If it breaks I'll build another if it breaks agian I'll go rb26 or 1j or 2j