Hi all,

The oil pump on my fresh rebuilt A14 engine has decided to leak...
I've tried everything I can think of from tightening the bolts to silastic-ing the oil pump>block gasket. I've even switched over the oil pump from my 1200 engine and same problem. I can't quite get a good look at it but it's def leaking from somewhere behind in between the block and filter, which then fills up the little lip in the filter with oil..

Any suggestions?? It's s'posed to be off to the dyno to get tuned tomorrow and now this happens! :/


Cheers,
Sam

Check if the filter has the O-ring on top of it? The mating surface may be uneven too...

and put some tefflon tape on the thred for the oil presure switch.

The best place to get that stuff is a hardware store or plumber... :)

Yeah, It might seem inprobable but mine kept leaking ever so slightly and that was it.

Its the small, simple things that you wouldnt expect isnt it?

Thanks guys, all sorted I think
I made up a new oil pump gasket out of some thick gasket paper and put a bit of silastic on there as well. Seemed to fix it ..and yep, the oil pressure switch fitting was weeping a bit so whacked some teflon tape on

Awsome! and the dyno results?

No dyno 'figures' as of yet.. it's all tuned fairly nicely, but still trying to sort out some niggles with the timing/fuel and the auto.
Somethings not right with the timing.. my tuner has had to set it at 5 BTDC for it not to ping and then plumb the vac advance straight into the manifold so it advances faster (kind of a half-ass stop-gap measure really) Not too sure what's causing it either, but its running at least. PIA really but hopefully I'll get it sorted

Yes 5 BTDC is the factory setting for north american models.

More than that it may ping, especially if it doesn't have the correct auto tranmission distributor. The vacuum advance and mechanical advance is special for it.