Hairline cracks in the bolt reliefs for the oil pan bolts inside the block
Backstory: I've been building this engine for a while finally got it all together and in the car. Tried to start it and it starts but the oil light doesn't turn out after about 15 seconds so I turn it off. I check the top end do the motor and it is dry. In trying to diagnose why before pulling the motor back out I feed an oil line into the hole in the center of the oil filter bracket and try putting oil in and then try cranking the engine with no spark or fuel going to it. No luck there. So now I know I've got to pull the motor out and apart again so I do. Get it out get the head off and oil pans too. Take the oil pump off and the housing for the oil pump on the inside is destroyed! Cracked in half when I took it off the front cover. The inner gear for the oil pump drive on one side was cracked also. Then as I'm looking at the inside of the block I see these hairline cracks in the reliefs for the oil pan bolts inside the crankcase. Has anyone had these issues? I already thought that the oil pump was the issue so I got a new one but this block issue I've never seen before. Does anyone have any ideas about what to do? Use the block don't use the block reasons for either....
Last edited by bbdet1
on 2013-10-14
at 00-28-12.