No oil pressure!

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DrumDawg
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No oil pressure!

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My 1977 Tri-Cabin has twin 440 Chyslers in it. One of the engines has "0" oil pressure. My mechanic put a new oil pump on it and it still showed"0". He then, using a drill, manually spun the gears and only a little drip of oil came out. He said the next thing to try would be to reverse-pressurize the system. Has anyone any other ideas?
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did the sump tube come loose? If the pump is good, theres not much else .....
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Sump pump.

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That's what my father thought....The pick up tube came off. I guess I will have to pull the motor?
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Post by prowlersfish »

Did he prime the new pump ? I use to pack them with some grease . if the pump is primed then it soound like its the pick up ( like the others said )
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