Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 08:35:02 +0100 From: danny <dannynopsamia-esprezzo.com> Subject: Re: Saab 9000 low oil pressure - what next?
KeithG wrote: > > you should prime pump by packing it with Vaseline before reassembly. > Delivery pressure is determined by oil pump measurements. These measurements > are in the Bentley manual and are not detailed by Townsend's doc (attached). > At this point, you have 2 options. 1: crank 'till oil pressure is visible by > the light extinguishing or 2: disassemble and reassemble with a little > petroleum jelly in the pump voids. > > http://216.78.172.244/engine_folder/front_crank_seal900.htm > Thanks for the advice Keith - we never found that part in my manual. Any idea of where a blockage might be, as so far all we are doing is reassembling (correctly, this time) without having found anything wrong, unless the measurements on the oil pump rotors show them to be out of spec, but nothing explains why the car seemed fine on one trip, yet no oil pressure on next trip. -- Regards, Danny http://www.gaggia-espresso.com (a purely hobby site) http://www.dannyscoffee.com (UK advert for my mobile espresso service) swap Z for above characters in email address to reply