When I finished rebuilding a 2.5 non-turbo engine for a subaru forester.I went to install the torque converter and i thought it was seated properly. I turns out it wasn't and i pushed the engine into the non-seated torque converter many times thinking it was an alginment issue.

 

After reading how to seat the torque conveter I figured out what I did wrong and how to properly seat it.

 

My question is since the engine is out is there any way to tell if i messed up the transmission oil pump?

 

Should I just assume it needs to be fixed?

 

If so how difficult is it to repair?

 

I have search for about 2 hours and havn't found any answers to these question. Any help would be great.

 

Thanks

if you bolted the engine to the trans then i think the trans is toast.

 

if you just pushed it in and tried to get it to mate, but didn't force it, i would probably take a chance on it. i don't know of any way to check the trans other than to test drive it.

 

how hard to you push it, slam it together?

I tryed to slam it pretty much as hard as i could but i never bolted it up.

you probably should pull the TC and oil pump shaft to see if the shaft is ok?

Is the oil pump shaft the only thing that could belt/brake or are there other internal things that may need to be fixed?

the oil pump is what gets ''crushed'' when you use the bolts to pull it together. so if the large tube shaft for the oil pump is boogered, then too much force was applied. of course, it could be that the tube shaft is fine but the oil pump is still toast. but checking the shaft is the only thing i can think of to check.