I've been looking at buying a new oilpump for my RX since well, I'm doing everything short of a full rebuild. It has a new waterpump, new gaskets, new timing belts and a few other parts. So would it be better to just reseal the oilpump (150k miles) or just spend the 85 or so bucks and get a new one? I kinda know what everyone is going to say but I was just seeing if resealing it would be a good option as well and I can in a couple months, replace it with a new one...

Oilpump housing should be fine. You can buy a new impeller. With that and a complete reseal kit for it I'd think it would be just like new.

where can I buy a new impeller online if anywhere? I know where to get a new oil pump but tis like over 100 bucks unless there's someplace cheaper. Can you help me in the right direction?

i wouldnt go throwing parts at it unless i checked the clearances first and verified they are out of spec.

reseal it. i've had a couple soobs with 200,000+ miles with the original oil pumps (i replaced the seals) and mine never tap. i never mic mine, but while it's apart you can mic it like mentioned. if it's in specs, leave it alone.

well I checked the clearances yesterday and they are still in spec. So I think its time to spend the 10 or so bucks to get a reseal kit for it:D

So I broke my oil pump, broke the pressor sensor socket off, so the housing of the pump is trashed. This oil pump has less than 500 miles on it.

 

I've got a pump on the parts car, and the diagram of the pump in Haynes book looks pretty simple. So.... I'm thinking I can just use the parts in the new but broken pump to rebuild the used one. Provided I'm careful, will I be able to pull the seals and re uses them? The diagram makes it look like I could pop out the shaft seal with a socket.

 

I realize the seals are cheap, but if I can use what I've got that's better.

Even with proper pullers and stuff, it's almost impossible to remove small seals in any sort of condition conducive to reusing them.