I just rebuilt my 82 brat oil pump. Yes you can get by with rebuilding the old pump. I went to NAPA that they have the kit with all o-rings and gaskets for just about $6.00. Take pump apart, soak in solven and clean everything and reassemble. You could mic everthing but I didn't. There was no scoring or worn areas so I just reused everything.

 

I rebuilt it because I though it was leaking. After I put it back together I still had a leak. Come to find out the timing seal/front crank seal was the culprit. I replaced it with a unit from NAPA. Same price $6.00. No more leaking. Dry, leak free suby engine.

 

Bill

earlier this summer i got an ea82 car.

few weeks later, i saw oil underneath, then dripping from

the front edge of the hood.

 

couldnt quite locate the leak, so i did the front seals, and t belts.

 

still wet and dripping all over the front of the engine.

 

steam cleaned the whole thing and found a pin hole in an aftermarket oil press gauge line that was spraying oil at the motor

from beneath the radiator.

 

i laughed and cried, so it goes, eh?

Originally posted by subu luvr

i laughed and cried, so it goes, eh?

 

Ain't that called preventative maintenance? All the work you go through replacing parts until you hit the part that really needed to be replaced in the first place