Fitting a 2l oil pump in 1.6

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Kyle is this the same engine where the headgasket was put on wrong way round blocking the oilport to the head?
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buggyfan wrote:Kyle is this the same engine where the headgasket was put on wrong way round blocking the oilport to the head?
Apologies. I didnt see this message. Its another motor. The one you talking about ran a slight bearing so i decided to take it out and rebuild it when i have time.

This motor thats in now is the same 1.6 EM that i bought as a rebuild. Suppose to be just put in and go but that was never the case and having endless issues. Im driving it as is with the low pressure. Will probably get a bearing knock in the future but i cant afford to have it standing.

Didn have a chance to check the oil pumps relief valve out but i doubt thats the case as I've tried 3 different pumps already

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I also had endless issues trying to diagnose low oil pressure. At the end of the day we found the cam saddle clearances were way out of spec.
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Do you perhaps know what the clearance should be so i can check mine

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Hi. All i could find is a max wear limit of 0.1mm.
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So anything under 0.1mm is fine then as long as its torqued to spec

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