<Project> 1994 Formula

[meissen]

Best case scenario the wire for the oil sensor is on the fritz, worst case scenario the pump isn't working which would mean the distributor gear which meshes with the cam is either worn down that it's no longer meshing or the cam ate the distributor gear for lunch.

The unfortunate part is the only way to really check if it's a mechanical and not electrical issue would be to drain the oil, drop the k-frame, and drop the oil pan. If you have a strut tower brace, you can use a tow strap to wrap around the strut tower brace and then wrap it around your crank's hub to hold the engine up while you drop the kframe.. It's a little hairy but that's what I did and it held.

[jetice]

I got the parental "OK" today to drop some money on it, so the engine is coming out :

[masterfab]

I got the parental "OK" today to drop some money on it, so the engine is coming out :

thats always great when the parents say you can spend money. B and darren are right i would lean to looking at those problems first.

[jetice]

My dad is going to bring home his bore scope to check the cam gear tonight.

[jetice]

Cam gear was fine, and the oil pickup did not fall off. Got it all put back together, and corrected a few small issues we found in the tear down. Put some shell rotella in it along with a filtermag, going to drive it around for this week and change the oil next weekend.

[Darren]

Sweet that's good news!

[meissen]

That's great news - but what caused it?

[birdie2000]

Was it from the mounting hole cracking like they do? Good deal that everything else is fine!

[jetice]

Nope, the housing was fine, but we still got a new one. The only thing we can contribute it to was the fact that the entire engine was compromised at one time, then after the rebuild, having very high oil pressures stressed the drive gear. The drive gear did not abruptly fail by the looks of it, it was worn down for a period of time until the teeth got too thin to hold the pressure, and they stripped out.
Here is what the rest of the teeth looked like
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[meissen]

Yeah looks like they just wore down. Good deal, you lucked out!