You were jammin too hard
CK5
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The Green Machine - parked
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I was in a good mood, just got off work, nice day, good tunes, then this. But I'll keep jammin hard forever
The culprit:
Ouch, how'd you manage that? Is the gear on the cam ok?
Wow. That sucks.
I hope so, the new gear had almost no play in it so I think I'm ok.
Random.... What caused you to pull the dizzy?
No oil pressure while cranking, and remembering the oil pump is driven by the dizzy I pulled the cap and the rotor spun freely for a quarter turn.
Doesn't sound like it would be a bad idea to pull the pan and clean it out and eyeball everything.
Why would it shear ? Would be the guestion I would be trying to answer.
Oil pump going out?
Distributor shaft bent ?
Only two things that it does
Oil pump going out?
Distributor shaft bent ?
Only two things that it does
Or did it not shear, it just wore out the gear?
yeah, don't just throw another one in there and call it good. hmmm is this the stock cam and dizzy? Just wondering about the metals. I like KGB's list
Wonder if the oil pump seized up.
With 240k miles on it, and knowing this is a fairly common problem on vortec motors, it just wore out.
Nope, to both. Ran smooth as silk today back and forth to work.
I put a new filter on and have a magnetic drain plug, so if it has filings I'll be worried then, but otherwise I think I'll be ok.
My Suburban keeps doing that.
Martin
Martin
Wow
The Camaro did that to me with an aftermarket cam. I replaced the gear with a GM melonized gear and filed a small slit in it to help with oiling. Also replaced the drain plug with a magnetic plug and have been driving it ever since. Love the Yukon by the way!
I think I figured out my cold starting problem. Low cranking voltage caused by a weak battery that is caused by an overstressed alternator that can't charge the battery through heavily corroded cables. Perfect trifecta. The battery is 6 years old and the alternator and cables are both 17. I'm actually surprised the stock alternator has lasted so long, gm ones don't typically last so long it seems.
Damn that is a long time for the alternator.
