Evening guys, hope you're all well.
It's been a little while in coming but since I have fixed my phone I can now e-mail photos to myself and in turn share photos from today's practical
Well first of all yesterday and today was spent on lubrication system again. Yesterday was oil pressure testing; very simple.... get car up to temperature, remove oil pressure switch, screw in the pressure gauge adapter, pop on the gauge itself and take a reading at the specified revs in the Haynes. For example, the car we were on needed to read 2.8 bar @ 2000 revs. give it 2000 revs and take the reading. this will give you what oil pressure you're getting
it's worth noting that high pressure could indicate blocked oil galleries, clogged up filter or wrong type of oil being used. if the pressure is too low it could indicate a worn out pump.
me and my mate have took such a lead in the amount of jobs we've done that we got to actually remove an oil pump out of a clit engine, inspect it, measure it (specs in the Haynes), advise whether it should be replaced or is useable and refit on to the car.
so here's some pics of us measuring our prize....
using feeler blades and a straight edge to measure the end float...
using feeler blades to measure gap between inner and outer rotor...
using feeler blades to measure gap between outer rotor and the body...
the specs.....(pump clearances)
the only ones i've seen have basically been part of the oil filter assembly. are there different versions?