Thread: Roger's LARS Mis-Adventure 2014

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Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

Roger, it is highly likely your brarings could still be fine because you had plenty of oil in the pan for splash lube to keep things going. It is a bad deal but it looks like you faired pretty good so far. That pump screen deal is not cool either. Is there any aftermarket pick up available you can get to try to prevent this again?

Yeah Ryan, I really think that it's going to be OK. It couldn't have run more than ten seconds or so after the lifters pumped down, which happens pretty quick with zero oil pressure. The way I understand the pump screen deal is that it's really designed to deal with the oil in extreme cold temperatures, when the viscosity is more like molasses than motor oil, to bypass the screen if the rpm's get too high and the oil cannot get past the screen. It also functions in a situation where the screen may be gunked up with sediment and junk to maintain oil pressure. My pickup is not the old strap across the screen type, but rather a solid bottom with about 10% to 15% open and screened - see the picture below. I cannot tell you what it looks like inside, but I'm pretty sure it's an OEM style pickup. Does this one bypass? I can't really say for sure, but it is what it is, and something managed to get into my pump and seize it.

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BTW, I did put a dial indicator on the old pump, and the shaft was bent creating runout that bound it up against the cover.