check engine and oil pressure lights on

[vvega]

well, semi good news.

the oil pump sh|t itself and an electrical fault in the oil pressure sensor caused the oil light in my car to not come on...

the good bit is that there is a runX front cut with only 12000kms on it coming from Japan to replace mine(75000km), and they're replacing the oil pump in the "new" engine with a new one from Toyota, as the originals are not "known to have a fault", but all the parts guys that my mechanic spoke to, "sugested" that there "may" be a fault where they disintergrate(see pics below)...

2-3 weeks and my baby will be back.

my oil pump

4ages do the same think if you hold them on the limiter to long
its a engine harmoics issue and as 10k20v says is a increasingly comon issue

there are plenty of 2zz powered cars at wreckers
just no engines

and at 6 grand for the motor box/loo,/ecu combo it snot likely people are buying them up for comversions

forget about turboing it
youll need a m400 minimum to run it properly

v

[10k 20v]

DO NOT ANSWER THAT ON A PUBLIC FORUM.

PM the man the info, don't need anyone reporting back to your mechanical insurance people

surely reving to limiter is still within manu operating conditions for the vehicle.

[Mr Revhead]

yeah especially as the powerband is so narrow in these.
it takes practice to use it with out hitting the limiter and/or dropping below 6000rpm.

6000(ish) is where the cams change lobes.
first time i drove one i hit the limiter a few times

[Jebus]

first time i drove one i hit the limiter a few times

I like to think of the limiter as an indicator to shift gears

[matt dunn]

first time i drove one i hit the limiter a few times

I like to think of the limiter as an indicator to shift gears

and the block is a rough indication of where the rods should be,

Just asking as there are a few other engine's that have oil pumps that fail when subjected to the harshness of rev limiters etc etc .

Matt

[10k 20v]

yeh, its not uncommon for a 4age to suffer the same fate.

[wde_bdy]

DO NOT ANSWER THAT ON A PUBLIC FORUM.

PM the man the info, don't need anyone reporting back to your mechanical insurance people

surely reving to limiter is still within manu operating conditions for the vehicle.

Have you tried telling a mechanical insurance company that? It is always far safe to avoid any potential disputes, even if you are rght.

[barryogen]

when they offered the 1zz, I said only if it comes with the TRD SC kit ...

they werent so keen when I said that.


The mechanic said that the little lumpy round thing in the oil pump appears to be a different sort of material in the new pump, sorry, didn't get pics, will if this one falls apart

[10k 20v]

DO NOT ANSWER THAT ON A PUBLIC FORUM.

PM the man the info, don't need anyone reporting back to your mechanical insurance people

surely reving to limiter is still within manu operating conditions for the vehicle.

Have you tried telling a mechanical insurance company that? It is always far safe to avoid any potential disputes, even if you are rght.

hehe
never had too, i seem to get on really well with the companys i deal with.
pratically on a first name basis with autosure

[barryogen]

It seems that they found the cause of the oil pump failure...

and this URL seems to describe it.
http://newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?s=06cf6f247004941cb5c05164fcd84539&threadid=110791&highlight=underdrive+pulleys

apparently when fitting very underdrive pulleys on these engines it shakes the sh|t out of the engine... yay...

so, insurance is only covering it as I haven't changed it, no idea how they prove that(I didn't but how'd they know that?).

[10k 20v]

Did you have an underdrive pulley fitted on your engine?

[barryogen]

it's certainly not the original one, and it is smaller, so it was assumed that it is not a factory one, they only figured it out when the replacement came along and it was quite a big difference.