somp off a v8 kingswood while the motor is in the car???

[defa]

as the title says. is it possible to take the sump of a 308 in a hz kingswood while the motor is still in.
or do you either have to take the motor out OR unbolt the engine mounts and just lift the motor???
i was told ages ago in a commodore it is quicker to just take the motor out.
can a mod please change somp to sump. thanks

 

[PRH]

The time ya spend tryin to get around under the car,would far outwiegh the time to remove the engine and do it properly,not to mention less bark of ya knuckles,been down that path before.
Phillip :wax:

 

[defa]

bud do ya have to lift the motor or will it come out without doing that
the reason i ask is cos my mate doesn't have an engine crane.

 

[lxhatch]

you would have to lift the motor out, what needs doing to the bottom end?

 

[defa]

boots was talking to beaver and he seems to think it is a blocked oil pickup. i am still thinking it is the oil pump.
he is going to get a new oil pump and we will try that. and if the motor has to come out i told him he will just have to sit it there for a while cos i want to do something on my own cars

 

[lxhatch]

isnt it only 1 lifter that is noisy?
he wont be happy with it sitting there......

 

[defa]

yeah. only one. he will have to get over it sitting there. it is in the shed now. i will try what you said and see how it goes. and try an oil pump

 

[lxhatch]

well it sounds like its got oil pressure and just a faulty lifter.... they where new lifters?

i dont think it would have been neglected that much that the pick up is blocked, you shoul rip the pump off the vn at your place and see if that makes any diffeerrence to gauge

 

[defa]

yeah might be an idea. i think he is going to buy a new pump anyway.. i will be ****ty if it is a faulty lifter. i couldn't be bother pulling it apart again..
and yeah. they were new lifters... wasn't going to use the old ones seeing it was getting a new cam